“The four bills we were supposed to markup this week were the ‘easy ones,’ cherry-picked so House Republicans did not have to reveal to the American people their plan to pull teachers out of kids’ classrooms and law enforcement off local streets or make our airports and communities less safe,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut Democrat.
House GOP dodge specifics on spending cuts in debt-limit haggling
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“Instead of focusing resources where we need them most, like combatting fentanyl entering through our ports of entry, this bill funds ineffective border security strategies like Trump’s border wall,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee.
House spending bill calls for $2 billion for border wall, thousands more Border Patrol agents
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