Sen. Reed Statement on Trump Administration Unlawful Use of Military Funds for Border Wall
June 29, 2020
June 29, 2020
WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following statement:
In the wake of a federal appeals court ruling that the Trump Administration wrongly sidestepped Congress in ordering the U.S. Department of Defense to divert $2.5 billion in military funding to a U.S.-Mexico border wall - in a move that illegally violated the Constitution's Appropriations Clause - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee and a senior member . . .
In the wake of a federal appeals court ruling that the Trump Administration wrongly sidestepped Congress in ordering the U.S. Department of Defense to divert $2.5 billion in military funding to a U.S.-Mexico border wall - in a move that illegally violated the Constitution's Appropriations Clause - U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI), the Ranking Member of the Armed Services Committee and a senior member . . .