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Chip Roy: “I would just remind my colleagues that it was in December when we got a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that was…”

On the recordMay 10, 2023
I would just remind my colleagues that it was in December when we got a $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill that was 4,000 pages long around 1 a.m., and then we voted on it the next day. In that bill there was specific language that prohibited the Department of Homeland Security from actually securing the homeland by securing the border. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Alford).
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Chip Roy
Republican · Texas
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May 10, 2023

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