Why is the Senate Blocking DHS Funding? | Lora Ries

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4.7 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

The refusal of Democrat leaders in the senate to pass funding for the Department of HOmeland Security has had ramifications across the country. It has affected employees of FEMA, the Coast Guard, the TSA, and many other agencies. To explain why this happening and what to expect in the coming weeeks, I sat down with Lora Ries, Director of the Border Security and Immigration Center, here at the Heritage Foundation.

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0:00.0	Three, two, one, zero, all engine run.
0:06.6	There is no other institution that has the ability uniquely.
0:11.3	Without a heritage, every generation starts over.
0:14.4	Ask not.
0:15.3	To remind the current regime.
0:18.6	We the people tell the governor what it is allowed
0:21.5	to do.
0:22.2	All
0:22.8	all
0:23.7	action
0:24.6	to get back
0:26.3	in their
0:26.7	box and
0:27.3	stay there.
0:28.0	Lift-dive.
0:28.9	We have a
0:29.4	left out.
0:31.8	From the
0:32.7	Heritage Foundation,
0:34.0	this is
0:34.6	Heritage
0:35.0	Explains.
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