January 12, 2019      1:37 PM

Cornyn opposes use of Harvey funds on border wall

Sen. John Cornyn says he will oppose any effort to reprogram U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding from Hurricane Harvey relief efforts to a border wall along the United States-Mexico border.

As the current shutdown of the federal government now drags into a record 22 days, the idea that Pres. Donald Trump would declare a national emergency and redeploy funding to the construction of a southern border wall has been an ongoing source of speculation.

By Kimberly Reeves

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