Majority Leader Hoyer Issues Statement on Trump Administration Diverting Disaster Relief Funds
August 28, 2019
August 28, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following statement on the Trump administration's decision to divert disaster relief funding to fund inhumane immigration policies:
"It is outrageous that the Trump Administration is subverting Congress's constitutional power of the purse and diverting money intended for disaster relief efforts in order to expand its inhumane treatment of migrants.
"The law is clear on the circum . . .
"It is outrageous that the Trump Administration is subverting Congress's constitutional power of the purse and diverting money intended for disaster relief efforts in order to expand its inhumane treatment of migrants.
"The law is clear on the circum . . .