51 Dems ask House defense panel head to block Trump from using military funds for border wall
Source: The Hill
More than 50 House Democrats want to prevent President Trump from using future military funds to build his proposed border wall, even as the president has backed off from declaring a national emergency in order to do so.
In a letter led by Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), and sent Friday, 51 lawmakers ask House Armed Service Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.), to use the upcoming fiscal year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to prevent the U.S. military “from becoming a pawn in Trump’s immoral, wasteful, and potentially illegal border ‘wall.’”
The letter asks Smith to work to ensure that Trump and acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan “cannot utilize a fake ‘national emergency’ to co-opt the military into the construction of the President’s wall.”
The lawmakers also ask Smith to “continue to signal your intent to impose strong restrictions in the NDAA.”
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Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/427039-51-dems-ask-house-defense-panel-head-to-block-trump-from-using
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