WASHINGTON — With just weeks remaining before the Department of Homeland Security runs out of money, a nonpartisan coalition of mayors is calling on the United States Senate to pass a “clean” funding bill for the remainder of the fiscal year.
The U.S. Conference of Mayors penned a letter on Wednesday asking the heads of the Senate Appropriations Committee and its Subcommittee on Homeland Security to “expeditiously” fund the department so that it can be fully functioning at a time of great risk. The letter, which was provided to The Huffington Post, invokes recent terrorist attacks in Paris, Ottawa and Sydney to underscore the risk posed by the current showdown over DHS funding.
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Homeland Security Funding Letter
