Fox News ‘Outnumbered’ panel weighs in on the Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas leading a congressional delegation to the border.
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, on Thursday will introduce a bill that would bar taxpayer money from being used for the travel expenses of Vice President Kamala Harris until she visits the southern border and issues a report on how to solve the crisis there. We have an absolute crisis at the border, and Vice President Harris was appointed to lead the administration’s efforts on the border crisis, but it s been 56 days, and in that time she hasn t been to the border once, Hinson told Fox News in an interview Wednesday. She hasn t held a news conference on the administration’s efforts for a plan, and I think it s time she does that.
20 May 2021
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) plans to introduce a bill Thursday aimed at halting Vice President Kamala Harris from using taxpayer money for travel until she visits the southern border and creates a plan to deal with the crisis there.
The See the Crisis Act, which Fox News first obtained, will “limit the travel” of Harris “until certain activities are undertaken with respect to the southwest border, and for other purposes.” This would limit the federal funds that “may be obligated or expected for travel expenses” for her to travel outside the United States.
The bill also includes Harris meeting with agencies at the border and creating a plan to deal with the crisis as well as focusing on the amount of foreign aid to be given to Northern Triangle countries to respond to the crisis, according to Fox News.
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Vice President Kamala Harris is the appointed border czar in the Biden administration, but has yet to visit the southern border to witness the humanitarian and national security crises for herself. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (R-IA) took note of Harris’ absence, while Republicans put the spotlight on the border crisis, and introduced legislation to hold Harris accountable.
Hinson’s resolution would block the vice president from using any more taxpayer funds for international trips before she visits the border.
????I just introduced the See the Crisis Act, legislation that would block @VP Harris from using taxpayer dollars to travel internationally until she sees the border crisis firsthand. The VP should #SeeTheCrisis & secure our border now. #IA01https://t.co/S6p0N6xlpT Ashley Hinson (@RepAshleyHinson) May 20, 2021
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