Cruz and Cornyn Join Texas Senate Republicans in Demanding Border Security

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Texas Scorecard By Brandon Waltens April 17, 2019

“I call upon Senate Democrats, in Texas and Washington, to stop playing partisan politics. Come together. Let’s solve this problem,” said Cruz.

After officially recognizing the emergency crisis along the southern border, Texas Senate Republicans stood side by side with U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz in demanding Congress fully fund border security.

Saying the Texas Senate was “willing to state the obvious,” State Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R–Houston), the chairman of the chamber’s Republican Caucus, explained the resolution that passed out of the Texas Senate recently, which calls on the federal government to recognize the detrimental results the border security crisis has had on Texas and the United States.

Bettencourt also pointed towards the $823 million cost that Texas has had to spend defending the border this biennium.

“It’s good to see the Texas Senate standing up in what ought to be a bipartisan statement,” said Cornyn, adding that in 2014 then-President Barack Obama acknowledged the situation along the border as a “humanitarian crisis.” Indeed, the resolution was passed along party lines, with every Democrat member voting against the resolution.

Cruz echoed Cornyn’s sentiment.

“Some partisan politicians say we don’t have a crisis on the border,” said Cruz. “I call upon Senate Democrats, in Texas and Washington, to stop playing partisan politics. Come together. Let’s solve this problem.”

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