Sens. Leahy, Schatz, Durbin Issue Statement to Defund Military Projects to Pay for President Trump Border Wall
September 05, 2019
September 05, 2019
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following joint statement with Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, vice chairman of the Subcommittee on Defense, after the Defense Department announced it will divert $3.6 billion from military construction projects to pay for President Trump's border wall:
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