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Veronica Escobar: “In Project 2025 there was a call for the privatization of…”

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

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Rep. Escobar questions TSA Acting Administrator McNeill at House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing

Published | Video Starts at 00:46

Project 2025. I'm on the Budget Committee and yesterday Russell Vogt, the architect of Project 2025, came and sat before our Budget Committee. And In Project 2025 there was a call for the privatization of TSA. We know that the One Big Beautiful Bill provided $190 billion for the Department of Homeland Security. That funding was pretty specific. But we've also seen the President move money around routinely within that bill. (00:46–00:53)

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