Republicans four months ago would not give funding for Ukraine, for Israel, and for our southern border, because we demanded changes in policy. So we actually locked arms together and said, we are not going to give you money for this. We want to change in law.
Lankford discusses Republican reluctance to fund border security without policy changes.
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