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Veronica Escobar: “We were able to restore critical funding for the American…”

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

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DHS Funding Bill w/ Rep. Veronica Escobar

Published | Video Starts at 11:11

And that's on the other set of bills, the transportation, the labor, education, defense. There are things in those bills that make me really uncomfortable. But overwhelmingly We were able to restore critical funding for the American people. And so there's a different calculus for, for each bill. I am so grateful that the Homeland Security bill was separate is a separate vote from the other bills. (11:11–11:16)

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