House Debate on Border Security Spending
House members debated a revised spending bill dealing with immigration and border security issues related to the…
As the House wrapped up debate on the disaster relief bill, Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Kay Granger (R-Texas) offered a motion to recommit that… read more
As the House wrapped up debate on the disaster relief bill, Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Kay Granger (R-Texas) offered a motion to recommit that would add $2.88 billion to the bill to care for unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Trump administration had requested money for the unaccompanied children at the border. Appropriations Subcommittee Chair Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) then gave a fiery speech against the motion, saying Congress needs more information on what exactly the administration wants to do with the money. She also said it does not belong in a disaster relief bill and that when her subcommittee wanted to add money for child programs, Republicans opposed it.
Representative Cindy Axne (D-IA) then spoke about why her district needs disaster relief and called the Republican motion to recommit “playing partisan politics with people’s lives.” close
House members debated a revised spending bill dealing with immigration and border security issues related to the…
Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) talked about the influx of unaccompanied immigrant children attempting to cross the…
Telephone lines were open for viewer comments on the influx of unaccompanied immigration children from Central America…
Representative Blake Farenthold (R-TX) talked about President Obama’s request for $3.7 billion to address the influx of…