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John Cornyn: “It's important that Texas get reimbursed for what was a, and…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Interview with Texas Senator John Cornyn on Border Security and US-Ukraine Economic Partnership

Published | Video Starts at 00:49

… that have driven our debt to $37 trillion and to to do other things like the president's priorities that he campaigned on. So it's going to be complicated. But yes, It's important that Texas get reimbursed for what was a, and is a federal responsibility, which is to secure the border, which didn't happen during the Biden administration. So Governor Abbott and Texas leaders had to step up and fill that gap. So we're working with the president, the speaker and Senator Thune to get this done, but we need to get all of these things done by sometime in July. (00:49–00:59)

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Asserts that securing the border is a federal responsibility that was not fulfilled during the Biden administration.

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