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Greg Abbott: “There's a proposal for Texas to spend another $6.5 billion…”

Featuring: Greg Abbott, Republican | Governor of Texas

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INTERVIEW Gov. Abbott talks about securing the border, school choice and sports gambling

Published | Video Starts at 00:15

When can we expect to see Texas tax dollars start to trickle down in terms of expenditures? So in the early drafts of the budgets in the House and Senate, There's a proposal for Texas to spend another $6.5 billion in securing the border for the two-year period beginning in September. And what we will have to learn over the course of this session is exactly what all the Trump administration will be doing, how that may be able to reduce what Texas is having to spend on the border. (00:15–00:27)

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Asserts that Texas plans to allocate $6.5 billion for border security over the next two years.

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