Chip Roy Points Out Staggering Cost To Texas To Deal With Border Crisis

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At a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) called for federal repayment of states that have dealt with the border crisis.

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00:00So I was going to offer an amendment, but in the spirit of the night, and not to disappoint

00:08my colleagues on the other side of the aisle, I will not do so. The amendment that I was going to

00:12offer was because there are a number of states represented in this room, both sides of the aisle,

00:17that have had to endure significant additional expenses as a result of the issue we're dealing

00:22with tonight, significant on border spending and so forth. My colleagues from Arizona,

00:26California, New Mexico, Texas, there are important issues that I think need to be dealt with that have

00:31not been dealt with yet in the judiciary product nor in the homeland security product that I think

00:36need to be addressed in the process of the reconciliation. And I just want to make sure

00:41it's clear that to all those, as we go through the reconciliation process, that that is a critical

00:46thing to do because Texas, for example, has had to spend upwards of $12 billion, $12 billion out of

00:54our own budget to deal with the crisis at the border. I know my friends from Arizona in particular

00:59have had similar experiences with the amount that they've had to deal with. And I believe this

01:05needs to be dealt with in due course over the course of the over the course of the reconciliation

01:10process. I appreciate the indulgence of the chairman.

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