Sarah McBride

Exactly, exactly.

And there is more funding in some of these cases than what we would have without these appropriations bills or greater guardrails, not just for the agencies and the federal workers, but also for folks who, for instance, live in Section 8 housing.

There's a prohibition in the Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill that would protect folks.

million people across this country who live in section 8 housing from essentially the federal government unilaterally evicting them there are real protections for people in these bills and so i think that people can in good conscience vote for those bills we unfortunately

If the DHS bill does not go through, the Department of Homeland Security bill doesn't go through, ICE will have all of the resources it needs because they were able to pass hundreds of millions of dollars for it in the big, ugly bill.

But I do think by isolating the DHS bill, I and many of my colleagues will be voting against it.

And I think it's worth making that department independent.

which is where ICE is located, make that department the center of the conversation and the center of the fight rather than throwing in everything else and all of the collateral damage that comes with a larger potential government shutdown fight.

And I think if we make that issue the issue and we've isolated it by having a standalone DHS appropriations bill, I think that means we can fight on that issue without hurting people that we are trying to protect every single day.

I'm really proud of my colleagues on this particular issue.

There has been an endless amount of stories about the pending throwing of the trans community under the bus by the Democratic Party for a year and a half now.

You know, every single time one random politician says something that's

not particularly great or eloquent.

There's a story about how, see, this is proof that the Democratic Party has thrown trans people under the bus.

That's just not accurate.

And at a certain point, the facts demonstrate a different reality.

And the reality in this Congress is that because of a centrally near unanimity of my colleagues in the Democratic House caucus and the Democratic caucus in the Senate,

Not a single major anti-trans bill or provision has passed and been signed into law by the president.

And if you had told me that when I was coming in here in November of 2024, that not a single anti-trans bill or provision would have become law by this point in this presidency, I would not have believed it.

And that is a testament to the pragmatic principles of my colleagues.