Lee Haywood
“I’m sure there isn’t life on other planets because if there were we would be sending foreign aid to them.”
I love this quote but Google can’t tell me who to give credit to.
This is adding insult to injury. I can’t believe this is still going on.
From FOX News- Adam Shaw
“The massive spending bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden last month continues a years-long tradition of earmarking significant amounts of money for border security in a number of Middle Eastern countries – just as a fight over how best to secure the U.S. border is still ongoing.
The $1.2 trillion package, which includes funding for defense and homeland security among other agencies, includes an appropriation for $380 million that is to remain available until September 2025 to reimburse Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia and Oman for “enhanced border security.” Of that, $150 million is specifically dedicated to Jordan.
It’s an inclusion that has been in a number of omnibus budgets in recent years and upset a number of Republicans, who see it as wasteful and coming at a time when some Democrats are wary of spending money on border walls and similar measures at the U.S. southern border.
“But you see them running this thing through by dark of night with billions in things that – they’re doing border security in foreign countries, and they’re impeding border security in our country,” Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., said in 2022.”
Representative Scalise was right in 2022 and he’s still right in 2024. Not only is 1.2 Trillion in a continuing resolution disgraceful but borrowing to secure other country’s borders while neglecting our own is downright criminal.
Thom Tillis voted for the bill
Many thanks to Ted Budd who voted against.
The House members who voted for:
Chuck Edwards
Virginia Foxx
Richard Hudson
Patrick McHenry
David Rouzer
Thanks to Dan Bishop and Greg Murphy who voted against.
Lee Haywood is a franchise owner for Winzer USA, an MRO supply company based in Plano, TX.He services industrial and government accounts across NC. Lee and his wife Brenda reside in Summerfield, NC and have been married for 39 years. He was born on the cusp of Scorpio and Sagittarius. He is partial to the color red and his lucky number is 3.