Rep. Cuellar Speaks Out Against Diversion of Wall Funding
WASHINGTON,
July 19, 2017
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Rafael Benavides
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Last night, Republican leadership quietly decided to move the $1.6 billion in funding for President Trump’s border wall from the House Appropriations Homeland Security spending bill to an omnibus spending package for the Department of Defense and a handful of other related agencies.
Congressman Cuellar (TX-28) today responded with the following statement: “I am disappointed by this decision to move funding for the President’s senseless border wall to the Department of Defense omnibus spending package without a vote. Adding this funding for the wall to the defense spending measure, against |