Rep. Roe: Emergency Funds for Border Security is Just the First Step
July 10, 2019
July 10, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tennessee, issued the following column:
Immediately before Congress adjourned for Independence Day, the House finally passed the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act. It fulfilled the President's request for much-needed, long-overdue humanitarian aid and funding to agencies securing our border in order to address the overcrowding. This funding could not be more critical.
Immediately before Congress adjourned for Independence Day, the House finally passed the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Humanitarian Assistance and Security at the Southern Border Act. It fulfilled the President's request for much-needed, long-overdue humanitarian aid and funding to agencies securing our border in order to address the overcrowding. This funding could not be more critical.