Democratic members of Texas’ Congressional delegation have asked the Biden administration to review if Texas is misusing federal pandemic relief money to fund Gov. Abbott’s controversial border mission.
of nearly $500 million from state agencies to Operation Lone Star, a multi-billion dollar border-security effort Abbott launched in 2021 in response to what Abbott said were President Biden’s “open-border” policies. The operation has sent hundreds of Texas Department of Public Safety and state National Guard units to the border.
“As you have stated in your agency’s Final Rule for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, the funding should be used to replace lost public sector revenue due to the pandemic, respond to the far-reaching public health and negative economic impacts of the pandemic, provide premium pay for essential workers, and invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure,” the lawmakers wrote to Yellen.
In an email Renae Eze, Abbott’s press secretary, said the office has worked with the Texas Legislature to allocate federal monies under current guidelines. The recent, nearly $500 million reallocation came from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, ; the Texas Department of Public Safety ; the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ; the Texas Department of State Health Services ; the Texas Alcoholic and Beverage Commission TABC and the Texas Juvenile Justice Department . In a letter to the department directors, Abbott, Lt. Gov.
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