Veronica Escobar tweeted the following:
"Last Congress, @SpeakerMcCarthy voted against:$7.2 billion for Border Patrol operations$65 million for 300 new Border Patrol agents$3.4 billion to modernize infrastructure at ports of entry$60 million for CBP personnel at ports$230 million for between-the-ports technology"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Veronica Escobar:
"Usually, I critique my colleagues who parachute into the border, take their selfies, and leave. Id count Kevin McCarthy as one of them, but he couldnt even be bothered to leave his helicopter.Some lawmakers fly over the border, some of us live here. twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarth"Read on Twitter
"The same legislator who filed this bill also met with a group of students the previous week to talk about the work she does to represent them.Did she also tell them she's directly working to make it harder for young adults around the state to vote? twitter.com/McGeeReports/s"Read on Twitter
"LIVE NOWI'm joining @MunSecConf's town hall Resetting Migration: Moving Toward Opportunities to discuss how the global community can approach the challenges posed by modern migration patterns while protecting the rights and safety of migrants.securityconference.org/en/"Read on Twitter
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