{"id":576295,"date":"2021-06-29T11:21:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T15:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=576295"},"modified":"2021-06-29T11:21:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-29T15:21:32","slug":"rep-chip-roy-introduces-amendment-to-fund-border-wall-by-cutting-wasteful-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-chip-roy-introduces-amendment-to-fund-border-wall-by-cutting-wasteful-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Chip Roy Introduces Amendment To Fund Border Wall By Cutting Wasteful Spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-chip-roy-introduces-amendment-to-fund-border-wall-by-cutting-wasteful-spending%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=576295&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232003625.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced an <a href=\"https:\/\/roy.house.gov\/sites\/roy.house.gov\/files\/ROYTX_059_xml.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">amendment<\/a> that would strip the nearly $5.7 billion in earmarks from the House Democrats\u2019&nbsp;surface transportation bill&nbsp;and use the money to establish a fund in the Treasury dedicated to constructing a border wall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObligation authority made available under this paragraph shall remain available until September 30, 2025; and be in addition to the amount of any limitation imposed on obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction programs for fiscal year 2022 under section 102 or future fiscal years under any other provision of law,\u201d the amendment to the INVEST in America Act reads in part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is established a fund in the Treasury to be known as the \u2018Border Wall Fund,&#8217;\u201d the proposed amendment further stipulates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFunds provided into the Border Wall Fund may be used for the sole purpose of completing a border wall on the United States Mexico border,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats included nearly $5.7 billion in corrupt earmarks in the surface transportation measure that is expected to receive a vote this week in the House. Instead of using federal taxpayer dollars to fund pet projects like electric vehicle charging networks in California and million-dollar sidewalk expansions in Connecticut, Congress should redirect these funds to address the ongoing and very real crisis at our southern border,\u201d Roy said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCurrently, primary, and secondary barriers cover only 771 miles of our nearly 2,000-mile border with Mexico, and the Rio Grande Valley sector \u2014 the busiest migrant crossing area \u2014 is wide open with only 76 miles of border wall to cover the river. My amendment would strike every single earmark from this legislation and instead authorize a $5.7 billion Border Wall Fund in Treasury to support the completion of a border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Roy, whose Congressional District encompasses portions of San Antonio near the border, has been an outspoken critic of the Biden administration\u2019s response to the border crisis. He recently questioned the point of Texas maintaining its place in the Union if the federal government refuses to police the deteriorating situation on the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery state in the union should send resources to the state of Texas to help us secure the border because, dadgummit, Texas is going to secure this border if the United States of America is failing to uphold its end of the bargain of our having a union,\u201d Roy told The Daily Caller News Foundation on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got people in Texas that are starting to rattle about \u2018what are we getting out of this equation? What are we getting out of being a part of a union that won\u2019t secure its own border?\u2019\u201d he continued. \u201cYou know what \u2014 it\u2019s our border, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas has \u201ca duty as a state, as a sovereign people, to defend ourselves,\u201d Roy said. \u201cThe first duty of government \u2014 to secure the people\u201d and to \u201ctake care of our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chip-roy-texans-wondering-what-good-is-it-to-be-part-of-a-union-that-wont-secure-its-own-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chip Roy: Texans Wondering What Good Is It To Be Part Of \u2018A Union That Won\u2019t Secure Its Own Border\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) introduced an amendment that would strip the nearly $5.7 billion in earmarks from the House Democrats\u2019\u00a0surface transportation bill\u00a0and use the money to establish a fund in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313637,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1232003625.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Rep. 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