Congress to investigate Biden’s border wall spending following Washington Examiner’s report.
House Republicans to Hold Congressional Hearing on Biden Administration’s Border Wall Cancellation
House Republicans are taking action to investigate the negative impact of the Biden administration’s cancellation of Trump-era border wall projects. This comes after a recent series by the Washington Examiner revealed the wasteful spending of billions of dollars.
Two subcommittees of the House Homeland Security Committee will join forces for a joint hearing titled “Opening the Flood Gates: Biden’s Broken Border Barrier.”
The hearing was prompted by the Washington Examiner’s “Wall of Waste” series, which exposed the squandering of federal government funds and the presence of border wall spending following Washington Examiner’s report.”>rusting border wall materials. A spokesperson for the committee confirmed this.
The Washington Examiner visited Deming, New Mexico, where they met with Russell Johnson, a fourth-generation cattle rancher. Johnson expressed how the cancellation of the border wall on his property had negatively impacted his family, land, and livestock.
Johnson showed the Washington Examiner piles of steel sitting near a nearly mile-long gap in the wall, which had allowed human and drug smuggling organizations to operate in his backyard.
Johnson, who has been invited to testify at the hearing, is on his way to Washington with a message for both Democrats and Republicans. He hopes that President Biden and his administration will recognize the lack of operational control over the southern border and work towards a solution.
“Ideally, I would like to see the wall finished with all the associated technology that goes with it. In many areas, all of the materials are still staged ready for installation,” Johnson wrote in a text message to the Washington Examiner. ”I hope that President Biden and his administration show leadership and acknowledge that the United States does not have operational control of our southern border under his current policies. This administration needs to listen to people who live with and are directly impacted by the situation on the border to reach a solution.”
The Washington Examiner series also revealed that the Biden administration had agreed to fill in 129 gaps in the border wall, although these projects only make up a small percentage of the 300 miles of unbuilt wall that had been funded during the Trump administration.
Furthermore, the absence of a wall has led Arizona and Texas to increase their border security operations, resulting in significant spending by state residents. Democrats have accused Governor Greg Abbott of politicizing the issue.
“For too long, the issues surrounding the border and its security have been politicized to the point that neither party has made any meaningful change,” Johnson stated. “The safety, security, and sovereignty of this nation should not be a partisan issue. It’s time that America and its citizens are put first.”
The hearing, scheduled for 2 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, will be conducted by the House Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, led by Chairman Clay Higgins, and the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, led by Chairman Dan Bishop.
Other witnesses at the hearing include Ntina Cooper, Customs and Border Protection’s acting Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner for Enterprise Services; Col. Jason Jefferis, Head of Contracting Services at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Rebecca Gambler, Director of Homeland Security and Justice at the Government Accountability Office; Ron Vitiello, former Border Patrol Chief; Jim De Sotle, interim CEO of LoneStar Pipeline Contractor; and Dr. Alexander Tenorio, a neurological surgery resident at the University of California San Diego Health.
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