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Tom Cole: “The problem is they're already funded. So you can't…”

Featuring: Tom Cole, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 4th Congressional District

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Rep. Cole's Weekly Chat | Week of 2.23.26

Published | Video Starts at 02:18

And they want big time changes in Immigration Customs Enforcement and probably on the Border Patrol as well. The problem is they're already funded. So you can't interrupt their funding. You can't change their funding. They were funded in separate legislation. So what they're doing is taking parts of Homeland Security that are unrelated and denying funding. (02:18–02:23)

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Asserts that the Department of Homeland Security is already funded and its funding cannot be interrupted.

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