Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., told Fox News’ “Faulkner Focus” on Wednesday she filed a resolution to withhold reimbursement for senators’ travel amid the ongoing Department of Homeland Security shutdown.
“I have been fully supportive of making sure that we’re putting forward rules to suspend senator pay if we can’t push through funding,” Moody said. “In fact, my colleagues put that on the floor, and the Democrats literally objected and ran out of the room.”
“I also have just filed a resolution to withhold reimbursement for any travel for any senator, as long as we are in a shutdown,” she added. “That needs to be moved. That needs to pass.”
Moody accused Democrats of not wanting the country to have a secure border and of opposing deportations for illegal immigrants who “shouldn’t be here that are endangering American citizens.”
“I will tell you, that is what [President Donald] Trump pledged to do. That is what we are here to do to support him,” she said. “We want them to do that in a way that sets a very high bar of professionalism and safety and standards, but we cannot just neuter them in their mission to get that done. Too many people have been hurt, too many communities have been affected, and I, for one, am showing up every day, mission-focused, to serve American citizens, this country, its security, and we need to get it done.”