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Henry Cuellar: “They jumped up to $800 million because they were saying, we…”

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

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Ep. 16. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28): Congressman on the Border

Published | Video Starts at 07:33

Then we moved it to $100 million during the COVID because of the vaccines and the mask and all that. And then when New York, Chicago, Colorado and The other places started getting these people. Then also They jumped up to $800 million because they were saying, we need help with food and shelter. So every community is impacted. Laredo hasn't really, you know, yes, the mayor declared an emergency. We didn't have an emergency without due respect, but he wanted to get some of those federal funding from the program that I mentioned. (07:33–07:40)

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