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Henry Cuellar: “We don't know what they're doing with it because they consider it to be outside of the appropriations.”

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

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So we control it now, whether we take some money out, because that's a lot of money on top of what we do, $260 billion. And you know what's a scary thing? We don't know what they're doing with it because they consider it to be outside of the appropriations. otherwise they have to report everything. Now, they still give me reports about things, but they're not doing it the way they used to. We need to control that money. (23:03–23:13)

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Asserts that the use of additional Homeland Security funds is unclear due to being outside appropriations.

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