Lindsey Graham: “The $3 billion we have available in this amendment is designated as an emergency, an oft-used term around here when it…”

“The $3 billion we have available in this amendment is designated as an emergency, an oft-used term around here when it comes to spending money. But I can assure everyone that securing our border is a national emergency, because it is a national security problem not to be able to control who comes into your country. The $3 billion appropriations in this amendment will allow us to complete projects already designated and to build out border security in a way never known before. I hope it is a confidence builder. The goal of the amendment is prove to the public that Congress is very serious about securing the border, and we are putting money on the table that has never been there before. We are sort of prepaying the cost of border security as a statement by the Congress to the American people that we are very serious about securing our border. This is one piece of the puzzle. Fencing is part of it, additional border security, Border Patrol agents, more bed space to keep people who have been caught coming across the border illegally.”