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John Whitmire: “Three O' clock last Wednesday, we received no additional…”

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

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FULL INTERVIEW: One-on-one with Houston Mayor John Whitmire on immigration ordinance, funding

Published | Video Starts at 11:37

So Houston has that money. Right. It's in an accountant, Austin, that we draw down on. Okay. And the governor said he's going to freeze that. He has frozen. Okay, Three O' clock last Wednesday, we received no additional monies. We're already adjusting HPD overtime. So this is a real problem from a. If. If we're. If somebody is watching at home. Yeah. How could this impact their lives? (11:37–11:42)

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Asserts that as of last Wednesday at 3 PM, no additional funds were received.

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