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Some of the Proposed Amendments to the DHS Funding Bill Were Wild
Plus, Rep. Lauren Underwood rocked her debut as the ranking member of the House subcommittee for Homeland Security funding
Giving us more insight into how a far-right-controlled Congress would operate, House Republicans on Wednesday proposed amendments that were counterintuitive even for them. Standing out was the successful vote to defund Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ salary as part of the larger appropriations bill for DHS.
The amendment to withhold the salary prohibits DHS from using funds in the bill to pay Mayorkas. But some of the other proposed amendments to the funding bill were just as far-fetched and somewhat senseless.
During a debate, Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) justified defunding Mayorkas’ salary by again highlighting about a dozen criminals who happen to be migrants out of the millions of non-criminal migrants who reside in the U.S.
Meanwhile, she continues to ignore the rising gun violence among children and teens, the explosion of rape pregnancies in many states after abortion bans, and violent crimes against women across the country. Never a mention of the record number of police…
