Veronica Escobar: “Republican colleagues wrote in to pass legislation that we…”

“You know, FEMA has been incredible in providing financial resources to local partners, our local governments and NGOs. But the Republican Party Republican colleagues wrote in to pass legislation that we are not allowed to use FEMA funds or federal funds to provide emergency shelter for those vulnerable souls who are around the church because they are undocumented. So with that prohibition, we are having to look to private sources of funding, philanthropic sources, to try to find enough money to provide emergency shelter for them.” (01:12–01:31)

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