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John Cornyn: “I've introduced legislation...that gives the states and…”

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

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INTERVIEW_ Sen. John Cornyn reflects on accomplishments in 2021 and future plans KVUE

Published | Video Starts at 06:57

But we modified some of the funding stream to make sure that counties and cities of certain size, I think it was a half a million people, could get that money directly. And now I've introduced legislation...that gives the states and counties and cities more flexibility in spending that COVID 19 relief money on other worthy projects if they don't need it for COVID 19. But I would think a little bit of tapping the brakes would be in order because we don't really know exactly what's going to happen with Omicron yet. (06:57–07:17)

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Asserts introduction of legislation for flexible spending of COVID-19 relief funds.

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