Mike Quigley: “This provision ensures that money from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund can continue to flow to other departments and…”

“This provision ensures that money from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund can continue to flow to other departments and agencies that rely upon this funding to augment critical operations and support emerging operational needs, such as computer, forensic equipment, title III wiretap intercepts, and anti-money laundering investigation. It also ensures that the bipartisan, bicameral funding levels enacted by Congress and signed into law by the President are not clouded by executive action. Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution states: ``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.'' Any construction of border infrastructure should be based on bipartisan agreement between both Chambers of Congress that is enacted in law, not by an impulsive directive from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue that disregards the will of Congress and undermines the ability of the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Homeland Security to address known threats against our financial system and the Nation. Mr. Chair, for these reasons, I oppose this amendment and urge my colleagues to do the same. I reserve the balance of my time.”