[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 15, 2019)]
[House]
[Pages H582-H583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      END THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

  (Ms. GARCIA of Texas asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. GARCIA of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise to object to the 
administration's threat to issue a national emergency declaration and 
reprogram money that has been allocated for Hurricane Harvey.
  I join a bipartisan group of Texas legislators in opposition to this 
diversion,

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including my former colleagues from the Texas Senate. This 
administration is seeking any funds or any means to go around Congress 
to build his wall.
  Congress is a coequal branch of government, Madam Speaker, with a 
duty to appropriate funds for Hurricane Harvey. Any action to delay or 
divert those funds puts lives at risk and potentially displaces people 
from their homes, many in my own district in Houston.
  We must do more to mitigate the damages caused by flooding. Diverting 
disaster funds to pay for a wall will not accomplish that goal.
  I am proud of the bipartisan opposition to this effort, and I hope 
that we can work together in that same spirit to end this Trump 
shutdown.

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