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Republicans Ask Secretary Noem to Reconsider Border Wall Budget

At a hearing, Sens. Ron Johnson and Rand Paul balked at Noem’s $46.5 billion price tag to complete Trump’s border wall.
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Republicans Ask Secretary Noem to Reconsider Border Wall Budget
Construction workers place a bollard along the border wall in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 25, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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The nation’s homeland security chief defended her agency’s $46.5 billion budget request to continue building a wall across the southern border amid questions from Republicans skeptical about the cost.
The hearing, held May 20 by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, was scheduled to discuss Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year.
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.