Texas Lawmakers Keep Questions on Border Security Operations Front & Center
Gov. Rick Perry's border security surge was under the microscope at the Texas Capitol Tuesday. In two separate meetings, lawmakers tried to get a handle on how much money was being spent, and what the money was being spent on.
Gov. Perry’s office has identified a source for $38 million dollars in state funding that are going towards a deployment of up to 1,000 National Guard troops and an increase in Department of Public Safety officers in South Texas.
Yesterday, members of the Legislative Budget Board asked staff with the Governor and State Comptroller’s offices for some clarification on just where that money is coming from.
"I think for the most part this group was left out of even the information loop on this and so it’d be helpful for me to understand better," State Rep. John Zerwas, R-Simonton, said to Martin Hubert, deputy comptroller, at the hearing.
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