Larsen demands ICE accountability; votes to fund FEMA, U.S. Coast Guard, TSA

||| FROM THE OFFICE O U .S. REP. RICK LARSEN |||

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement:

“I am proud to have voted for bipartisan legislation to pay FEMA staff, Coasties, TSA agents, CISA experts and other DHS employees who do important work to protect our country. The people I represent need a fully functional FEMA to recover from December’s devastating floods. Passing this funding today is critical to disaster recovery and mitigation in Northwest Washington and around the country.

“The Senate passed this bipartisan legislation weeks ago, and I am glad House Republicans finally came to their senses and allowed the House to fund disaster relief, keep Americans safe and pay hard-working public servants.

“Since the beginning of the DHS shutdown, I have fought to pay DHS staff and require ICE to follow the same rules as every other law enforcement agency. While hard-working families are struggling to afford health care and gas, Republicans voted to hand billions and billions of dollars to ICE and CBP with zero reforms and accountability.

“This fight is not over. I will continue to oppose full-year funding for ICE and CBP until their agents are required to follow the same rules as every other law enforcement agency.”

Today, the House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to fund every agency within the Department of Homeland Security except ICE and CBP. The bill now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into law.

Rep. Larsen also voted against a Fiscal Year 2026 budget resolution that will begin a process to negotiate funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The bill passed the House by a vote of 215 to 211.

Rep. Larsen cosponsors legislation to fully fund FEMA, the U.S. Coast Guard, TSA and every other agency within DHS except ICE, CBP and the Office of the DHS Secretary. He is the top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which has jurisdiction over FEMA and the U.S. Coast Guard.