Texas to Feds: Reimburse Us for $2.8B in Border Security Expenses
by LANA SHADWICK
12 Jan 2017
Austin, TX
Texas House leadership wasted no time in calling on the federal government to reimburse the State for the costs–to the tune of $2.8 billion–incurred as a result of the Obama Administration’s failure or refusal to secure the Texas-Mexico Border.
On its second day of the 85th Legislative session, Texas State Representative Dennis Bonnen (R-Angleton) called on the federal government to reimburse the State for the billions that Texas taxpayers have had to pay as a result of inadequate border security seen during the Obama Adminstration. Rep. Bonnen serves as chairman of the Texas House Ways and Means Committee and Speaker Pro Tempore.
“For years, Texas has stood in the gap where the federal government has failed,” Bonnen told Breitbart Texas on Wednesday evening. “With a new administration coming into office, we hope the tide will turn and Washington will do its duty, so that Texas can devote its limited resources to priorities reserved to the states under federalism.”
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/...rity-expenses/
