I remain ready to work towards a viable path forward.
Work toward a viable path forward to fund critical DHS agencies and end the DHS shutdown.
Occurrences
Evidence
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The official House site identifies Fields as the current Representative for Louisiana's 6th District after being reelected in 2024 and notes prior House service from 1993 to 1997.
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Fields's office listed a March 27, 2026 release titled "Congressman Fields Condemns the Denial of the Amended Budget Resolution to Fund Critical DHS Agencies." The listing says he issued the statement after House leadership chose not to vote on an amended budget resolution that would have secured funding to end the ongoing DHS shutdown, and quoted him saying the Senate had offered a way to restore funding to essential agencies like TSA and FEMA.
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AP reported that President Trump signed bipartisan legislation on April 30, 2026 to fund much of DHS, excluding immigration enforcement operations, after House approval by voice vote. AP reported DHS had lacked routine funds since February 14 and that the legislation ended the longest agency shutdown in history.
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Fields said House leadership chose not to vote on an amended budget resolution that would have secured funding to end the ongoing DHS shutdown. He said the Senate had offered an opportunity to restore funding to TSA and FEMA and stated he remained ready to work toward a viable path forward.
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OMB told the DHS Secretary that President Trump signed H.R. 7147, the Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026, which ended the partial shutdown and reopened affected functions, and directed DHS offices to resume normal operations immediately.
Assessments
The promise was framed as working toward a viable path to fund critical DHS agencies and end the DHS shutdown, not as personally authoring the final law. During Fields's current House term, he publicly backed a concrete Senate-linked funding path for TSA, FEMA, and other DHS functions. Congress then passed, and the President signed, H.R. 7147 on April 30, 2026, ending the partial DHS shutdown and reopening affected functions. Although the record does not show a roll-call vote or bill sponsorship by Fields, the promised outcome and his same-term advocacy toward it are sufficiently shown.
The promised outcome was to work toward a viable path to fund critical DHS agencies and end the DHS shutdown. During Fields's current House term, his office publicly supported a Senate-linked funding path and criticized House leadership for blocking an amended budget resolution. Congress later passed, and the President signed, bipartisan DHS funding legislation on April 30, 2026 that ended the shutdown. Although the available evidence does not prove an individual roll-call vote or bill sponsorship by Fields, the promise was framed as working toward the path rather than personally enacting it, and the core outcome was achieved during the same term.