The killing of a U.S. citizen in Minneapolis by Homeland Security agents prompted some politicians to call for halt to department funding. The scale of the shutdown depends on whether the Senate votes to separate Department of Homeland Security funding from other appropriations. “Encouraging protestors to impede federal law enforcement is not just irresponsible but violates the social contract laid out in our Constitution—principally, that federal law is the Supreme Law of the Land. “I support the President’s goals and the mission of our federal law enforcement. For this specific incident, that requires cooperation and transparency between federal, state, and local law enforcement.