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Henry Cuellar: “My amendment doesn't ask for $650 million, but it only…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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Enhancing DHS Funding Oversight

Published | Video Starts at 01:29

If we would follow the precedent that we've done in supplementals together, that would be over $650 million to the OIG that normally they would get to prevent waste fraud. But instead they got zero. My amendment doesn't ask for $650 million, but it only redirects $100 million from the $10 billion fund created by reconciliation under section 90007007 to the OIG. so they can oversee the funds that were given to DHS in both reconciliation. This amount is to a penny on a dollar from DHS credit card account. (01:29–01:47)

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Asserts that the amendment proposes redirecting $100 million from a $10 billion fund to the OIG for oversight.

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