And what we have offered is let's pay TSA, let's pay FEMA, let's pay the National Guard [sic.] I'm sorry the Coast Guard, let's pay CISA, I'd even say let's pay Customs and Border Patrol. If we can't agree on ICE reforms, let's pay everybody else.
Work to ensure that funding is provided to pay TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, CISA, and Customs and Border Patrol employees even if agreement cannot be reached on broader immigration enforcement reforms.
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Evidence
The Fiscal Year 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Act provides $64.4 billion in total discretionary funding and funds FEMA, disaster relief, TSA, CISA, and other critical programs. It also provides $18.3 billion for CBP, $12.7 billion for the Coast Guard, and $5.7 billion for FEMA.
Congress.gov shows H.R.7148 became Public Law No. 119-75 on 2026-02-03 and provided continuing FY2026 DHS appropriations through 2026-02-13 for CBP, TSA, the Coast Guard, CISA, and FEMA.
Assessments
Enacted FY2026 DHS appropriations and a continuing appropriations law provided funding for TSA, FEMA, the Coast Guard, CISA, and CBP, which matches the promise to secure pay for those employees even absent broader immigration agreement. This is best treated as fulfilled in Senator Warner's active term.
The promise was to work at the federal level to provide funding so DHS employees at TSA, FEMA, Coast Guard, CISA, and CBP would be paid despite unresolved immigration-enforcement disputes. The FY2026 Homeland Security appropriations law was enacted during Warner's current Senate term and provided discretionary funding for the named DHS components, including CBP, Coast Guard, FEMA, TSA, and CISA-related operations. Because the outcome was completed while Warner remained in office and through the federal appropriations process in which he served as a sitting senator, this counts as delivered in the same term.