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Tom Cole: “What we got back was something I would not vote for…”

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

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'It's A Mockery Of The Legislative Process': Tom Cole Blasts Senate DHS Funding Bill

Published | Video Starts at 04:05

And that's what they got. And then they broke their word. We've offered them three opportunities now to go back and do what they said they were going to do. What we got back was something I would not vote for, something to tell you that said I was going to give zero money for border security and homeland security. Zero on the idea that maybe it's funded. Some of it is, some of it isn't. We do have the executive branch trying to do the right thing, but this is preeminently a legislative matter. (04:05–04:16)

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Asserts that the returned bill allocates zero money for border security and homeland security.

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