Sen. Leahy Issues Statement on President Trump Diverting Military Funds for Border Wall
February 14, 2020
February 14, 2020
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -- Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 13 on President Trump diverting military funds for the border wall:
"It is Congress - the representatives of the American people - who hold the power of the purse under the Constitution. Time and again, this President has subverted that constitutional authority and bipartisan majorities of Congress to pay for his vanity wall.
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"It is Congress - the representatives of the American people - who hold the power of the purse under the Constitution. Time and again, this President has subverted that constitutional authority and bipartisan majorities of Congress to pay for his vanity wall.
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