Greg Abbott: “We have submitted an application for that already and we will sit down in negotiations with them.”

“I know we can do both. Governor, the $3 billion was appropriated. Has the state submitted that application already or does that still need to be done? So We have submitted an application for that already and we will sit down in negotiations with them. Let me try to give you some math and we'll see how it works out. There was Department of Homeland Security had $10 billion to allocate to all states for any type of reimbursement for their expenses.” (37:20–37:27)

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