Texas House panel weighs $1.5 billion investment in border wall, after request from Abbott

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A Texas House committee is considering a $1.5B border wall investment following a request from Gov. Abbott; the bill would add 100-110 miles of wall.

Sinclair is teaming up with Magen David Adom to help with their efforts providing humanitarian relief & emergency medical services in IsraelAfter Governor Greg Abbott called on the Texas legislature to allocate additional funding for border-related infrastructure, a Texas House committee weighed legislation that would appropriate $1.5 billion on a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico.

In the hours-long hearing, Representatives took up House Bill 7, authored by Rep. Jacey Jetton, R-Richmond, which would make that allocation of $1.5 billion to the border wall. During the regular legislative session, the legislature approved more than $5 billion in investments toward border security.

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