Veronica Escobar: “Governor Greg Abbott has stood in the way of critical Covid…”

“Finally, I want to emphasize with this subcommittee, as I have with other appropriation subcommittees, it is essential that you include mechanisms within your bill to guarantee that federal funding makes it to its designated recipient. In my state of Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has stood in the way of critical Covid and migrant relief funds. We need to make sure that that doesn't happen with future appropriations bills and I urge the subcommittee to take this into consideration. Thank you so much for the opportunity to testify before you today.” (04:37–04:43)

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