repairing fences from about 8 feet to raising it to 30 feet of bollard fencing, what customs and border patrol said they want. the administration should be taking credit for what they got and the new bill has another $1.6 billion. it s actually the first new funding in ten years delivering on the president s commitment to actually build a wall. i understand what you re saying, yes, there is funding that have been used for these border barriers but it isn t the wall the president promised, in fact, specifically cited it can t be for the wall as he promised it. but i do understand what you re saying. john, to that point, what the president said after the campaign is customs and border patrol career officers came and said, here s the wall that we want. here is the fencing that we want. that s the plan the administration submitted to congress to get funding that congress has funded. so, in fact, that is the white house proposal. that is what is actually
get funding for his wall? i think it is one of the last opportunities to get funding for the wall, john, but i do think where the administration should be focussed, frankly, is to say accurately that last year they got the first new funding in ten years at $1.6 billion. i ve heard the democrat talking points and some echoed on this network that say it s not wall. it s actually $5 million of a levee system, 20-foot concrete wall with a road in between and another wall on the other side. it s $200 million of actual new fencing on the rio grande river and about $900 million of repairing fences from about 8 feet to raising it to 30 feet of bollard fencing, what cuss comes and border patrol said they want. the administration should be taking credit for what they got and the new bill has another $1.6 million in. it s actually the first new funding in ten years delivering on the president s commitment to actually build a wall. i understand what you re