Congressman John Shimkus voted Thursday in support of the new Fiscal Year 2019 spending agreement that will avoid another possible government shutdown.
‘’Speaker Pelosi said she would give President Trump just $1 for the border wall, and this deal provides $1,374,999,999 more than she offered,’’ said Shimkus. ‘’That’s a huge win for the Border Patrol agents who, because of this agreement, will soon have 55 miles of new physical barrier where they say they need it most.’’
The Senate and House-passed bill now goes to the White House where President Trump planned to sign it before declaring a national emergency related to the situation at the border.
‘’The crisis at our border is a national emergency,’’ added Shimkus.
Representative Shimkus also requested his name be added to H.R. 714, the EL CHAPO Act. The legislation would reserve any amounts forfeited to the United States Government as a result of the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (commonly known as ‘’El Chapo’), for security measures along the southern border – including the completion of the border wall.
