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Veronica Escobar: “We've seen the Trump administration use funding in any way…”

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 11:35

I am so grateful that the Homeland Security bill was separate is a separate vote from the other bills. Otherwise I think we would take down the whole thing. And that is really risky because We've seen the Trump administration use funding in any way, shape or form that they want to, unless we put in some guardrails. So you have to weigh what were we able to achieve versus what is the alternative. That's frequently the calculus. Exactly. (11:35–11:45)

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Asserts that the Trump administration uses funding without restrictions unless controlled.

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