Five hundred miles south of here in the Rio Grande Valley there is humanitarian crisis unfolding that has been created by bad public policy, in particular the failure to secure the border, Perry said in the statement. “Securing the border is attainable, and the president needs to commit the resources necessary to get this done.” In response to a reporter’s question about Perry’s statement and whether Republicans are willing to compromise, the president said that GOP lawmakers needed to come to the center and work with the administration. If the focus is on stemming the tide of illegal activity in Texas and not playing partisan politics, the president said, then Republicans should support his request for supplemental funds. “The only disagreement I had with Governor Perry was, is that he wanted me to go ahead and do it without Congress having to do anything,” he said. “We’ll do what we can administratively. I think the useful question not simply for the Governor, but for John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, and the other members of the Texas delegation is why wouldn’t you go ahead and pass a bill to give us additional resources to solve the very problem that you say is urgent?”
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 13:04:16 +0000