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Veronica Escobar: “Governor like Greg Abbott making decisions about where the…”

Featuring: Veronica Escobar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 16

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Published | Video Starts at 04:49

And so there's just, and I'll finish with this, the other aspect of this that that is predict what's going to happen when you send money directly to states like Texas and you have a Governor like Greg Abbott making decisions about where the money's going to go. He is going to pick winners and losers. He's the one who's going to decide where the money goes and when you don't have the federal government providing oversight and making sure that states are following the laws. (04:49–04:57)

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Asserts that Governor Greg Abbott will decide funding allocations, potentially creating disparities.

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