Kay Granger: “The funds in this bill, especially those funds for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard, are specifically for…”

“The funds in this bill, especially those funds for the Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard, are specifically for repairing storm damage in our communities. The agencies have identified specific projects and calculated estimates to bring our infrastructure and agency assets back to full operation. Not a single paragraph in the bill before us includes funds for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border, yet this amendment restricts funds for this purpose. My colleagues, this amendment walks away from all the good work Chairwoman Lowey tried to do for the Corps and the Coast Guard and blocks the necessary border investments required in a final compromise. Unfortunately, this amendment will be viewed by many of my colleagues as a poison pill. It ignores investments that those on my side of the aisle believe are necessary to fund a way forward, that will provide disaster funds, address the border crisis, and reopen the government. I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 1530 Mr. McGOVERN. Madam Chair, I include in the Record a letter to the President from the Texas delegation objecting to using disaster money for the border wall. These individuals support the wall, I assume most of them do, but they don't support the President's promise that he might use executive powers to go into disaster money to pay for the border wall. U.S. Senate, Washington, DC, January 15, 2019. Hon.…”