A bipartisan pair of lawmakers called on the heads of the House Appropriations Committee to consider additional funding support for border community first responders.
A bipartisan pair of lower chamber lawmakers are calling on the heads of the House Appropriations Committee to consider additional funding support to first responders in border communities. Reps. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., and Michael McCaul, R-Texas, sent a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger, R-Texas, and ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., requesting supplemental funding for first responders in communities hit hard by the southern border crisis.
Across the country, local officials, including police departments, fire departments, and Emergency Operations Centers , face significant resource strains related to the migrant crisis,' the pair of lawmakers continued. Gallego – who is running for Senate – and McCaul, the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, noted the 'dramatic uptick' in illegal crossings at the southwestern border that saw 269,000 crossings in the last month, contributing 'to a historic 2.
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