U.S. Senator Ka1e Bri4 Joins The Takeout with Major Garre4 on CBS News

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Ka,e Bri/ (R-Ala.) joined The Takeout with Major Garre0 on CBS

News. She discussed Trump’s State of the Union address and ongoing Department of Homeland Security

(DHS) appropria,ons nego,a,ons.

On President Trump’s State of the Union and his revitaliza1on of hope for the country:

“I think that this was the best State of the Union ... that we have seen in modern history. The reason I say

that is President Trump did an outstanding job of reminding Americans where we were over the last four

years in the Biden administraFon. Borders that had illegal immigrants flowing over, unsafe streets, costs

that were out of reach, making the American dream further and further away for so many people who

had hoped to achieve it, and obviously, complete and total chaos abroad. President Trump succinctly

came back and said, let me remind you ... where we are now. He talked about the things he has done

closing our border ... He talked about crime being at a ... 125-year low when it came to murder rates and

crime in large ciFes ... He talked about making good on the promises he put in front of the American

people...

“President Trump also revitalized a spirit of America and patrioFsm that people have been longing for.

People want to see a leader that is excited about the country they lead, and that believes that its best

days are ahead and that are commi0ed to doing everything possible to achieving that. That's what they

saw in the president. And in addiFon to all of that, I think we had a moment as Americans to remember

the sacrifice of our servicemen and women. And so seeing each of these people, whether it's first

responders or men and women and in uniform from the Coast Guard to those who have done the most

complex missions, Americans got a chance to say thank you alongside the President of the United States

and to realize all that they put on the line for the freedoms of the country that we love ... And I think

there is also an opFmism that we finally have a leader that campaigns on something on the campaign

trail and then makes good on it. And he certainly laid that out in stark contrast to what we saw in the

Biden administraFon.”

On the current state of DHS appropria1ons nego1a1ons and engaging with her Senate Democra1c

colleagues:

“I have re-engaged in conversaFons ... with our DemocraFc colleagues, and I am hopeful we can find a

pathway forward. Look, I think what people have to remember here is that this encompasses so many

things that are important to Americans right now, obviously at TSA, but also FEMA ... We're looking at

the disaster relief fund being depleted, geYng that money out the door, and knowing that Americans

need that moving forward. It's important that we keep the Department of Homeland Security funded ...

We need to reach a result because those paychecks will stop on March 5.”

On Democrats placa1ng to their far-LeT base instead of coming to the nego1a1ng table:

“And what Democrats know is that the people of CBP and ICE are going to conFnue to operate. So them

dragging their feet, Major, does absolutely nothing because we are sFll operaFng in this space. So you

cannot tell me that you are concerned about what they're doing, but yet not be at the table right now for

soluFons. So walking away is literally poliFcal theater. They feel like they have an issue. They're placaFng

to their base instead of coming forward and trying to find soluFons, trying to find some incremental

adjustments or changes that can be made ... Half of where we are right now has to do with sanctuary

city policies so, if we're going to talk about legislaFve acFon, Major, then those things are going to be on

the table. And I guarantee you that people do not want taxpayer dollars going to fund ciFes that do not

cooperate with law enforcement.”

You can watch the full interview here.

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