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John Whitmire: “They closed our account already.”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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Breaking: Houston mayor says $110M funding already cut over ICE policy

Published | Video Starts at 01:52

Real concern about we lost it. You know, some say it's a threat. No, we lost our state funding to the tune of $110 million yesterday about 3 o'. Clock. They closed our account already. overtime's being canceled. As I talked. We don't have any money, man. I mean, this is not Monopoly. This is the real deal that we've already had to start cutting back and seeing what adjustments we need to make. (01:52–01:55)

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Asserts that the state has already closed Houston's account related to the funding.

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