Rep. Vela Issues Statement on Waste of $3.8B in DOD Funds for Trump's Border Wall
February 28, 2020
February 28, 2020
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- Rep. Filemon Vela, D-Texas, issued the following statement on Feb. 27 in response to the Trump administration's announcement of $3.8 billion in the Department of Defense funding for border wall:
"Yesterday the Department of Defense testified to Congress that our Military is continuing to dig out from Modernization Shortfalls and struggling to stay ahead of China and Russia.
"However, those officials failed to connect how this Administra . . .
"Yesterday the Department of Defense testified to Congress that our Military is continuing to dig out from Modernization Shortfalls and struggling to stay ahead of China and Russia.
"However, those officials failed to connect how this Administra . . .