Texas Scorecard by Luca Cacciatore June 13, 2025
The provision, which passed the U.S. House with billions allocated for Texas’ border security operations, has passed a committee hurdle to stay in the Senate version.Federal lawmakers included a provision to reimburse Texas’ border security efforts in the U.S. Senate’s version of President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
On Thursday, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) praised the measure, which includes $13.5 billion in total for Texas and other states that spent large sums to protect their borders during the Biden administration.
In two letters earlier this year, Gov. Greg Abbott requested that the federal government reimburse Texas for around $11 billion spent on Operation Lone Star during the Biden administration.
“This is a win for Governor Abbott and the Texas Republican congressional delegation, who I worked with closely to ensure this reimbursement was made a priority and did not leave the people of Texas on the hook for the costs of Biden’s failed border policies,” stated Cornyn.
“I was proud to lead this push in the Senate, and I look forward to voting for the One Big Beautiful Bill with this border security reimbursement for Texas included in the coming weeks,” he added.
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