Thread: Exclusive–Paul Gosar: Tie Wall Funding to Schumer’s Infrastructure Plan

Exclusive–Paul Gosar: Tie Wall Funding to Schumer’s Infrastructure Plan


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Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) says the House and Senate Republicans, as well as President Trump, ought to tie $25 billion in border wall funding to Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) infrastructure plan.

In an exclusive interview with SiriusXM Patriot’s Breitbart News Daily, Gosar said the GOP should hinge a massive, $29 billion New York infrastructure project — supported by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and Schumer — on fully funding Trump’s proposed border wall.
Gosar said:

Governor Cuomo was in town two weeks ago yesterday … he removed his name from running in 2020 but he begged the president for the funding of the Gateway [Program] project. The big tunnel, the Hudson Tunnel up in New York. [Emphasis added]

It’s estimated at $29 billion. And what my suggestion has been is put the $29 billion for the tunnel on the table along with $25 billion for the wall. And you say ‘Chuck, you’ve got one shot at this. If you don’t take it now, you are not going to get it for the next two years.’ [Emphasis added]

Listen to Gosar’s full interview here: At the link

Gosar said he has suggested his plan to Trump and GOP leadership as just one route the White House can take to secure all border wall funding that would fully finance the southern border project.

The U.S. Senate has yet to hold a vote on the spending measure that includes $5.7 billion in no-strings-attached border wall funding — which could finance hundreds of miles of border wall projects — forcing a portion of the federal government to shut down.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...tructure-plan/

It's already been offered and Schumer shot it down.

I, as a taxpayer, are not interested in forking over 26 Billion dollars to NY. If all the money NY takes in was spent responsibly, they could pay for it themselves. Sanctuary states and cities are expensive for the rest of us. IMO

It's really something New York and New Jersey should pay for with their state money. They might also invite Philly to participate since it would benefit their businesses too, lots of train travel from Philly to New York, not sure if they use that Tunnel or not with Amtrak. There's a New Jersey train you can take out of Philly, not sure if it uses it either, but I think so. I think they both do. These are very big rich states who can afford their own tunnel renovation. I could see feds chipping in a little because it involves at least 2 states on a high frequent basis and others on a regular basis, but certainly not $29 billion. That's way too much for something like that.

Rep Gosar is one of the best in Congress when it comes to illegal immigration and border security issues.

Nancy Pelosi Is Spending Shutdown at Hawaii Resort

Trump canceled Florida trip for shutdown, went to Iraq to visit troops


Nancy Pelosi in Hawaii on Thursday Dec. 27, 2018

BY: Brent Scher
December 28, 2018 5:00 am

Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi is spending the government shutdown at a luxury resort in Hawaii, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
Pelosi, who has put blame squarely on President Donald Trump for the current government shutdown, was spotted Thursday vacationing in Hawaii at the Fairmont Orchid resort, where room accommodations range from $899-a-night for a standard room to $4,899-a-night for the presidential suite.
The resort, on Hawaii's Big Island, features a golf course, six restaurants, and a 10,000-square-foot oceanfront pool. It also features a "Spa Without Walls," where the 110-minute Ali'i Royal Experience is available for $369 and a 50-minute couples massage runs $549, according to the spa menu. While at the spa, guests can snack on a gluten-free grilled prawn summer roll for $19.
Trump canceled his Christmas trip to Florida and remained in the White House, saying on Christmas Eve that he was "waiting for the Democrats to come back and make a deal." The president left the White House on Christmas to travel to Iraq and meet with American troops stationed overseas.
Trump has been holding work meetings since Congress went into recess, including one with Department of Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on how to fund the administration's border security plan.
Pelosi, meanwhile, has been speaking to the press. She gave an exclusive interview to USA Today just before Christmas calling Trump a "fear monger."
"He talked about terrorists coming in over that particular border, which wasn't so," Pelosi said. "He's using scare tactics that are not evidence-based, and it's wrong."
Trump has said he will not sign a funding bill that doesn't include funding for construction of his border wall. Pelosi is set to take over as speaker of the House in the new year, setting off an immediate standoff with the White House on legislation to reopen currently unfunded federal agencies.
This is not Pelosi's first holiday vacation to Hawaii. In 2011, it was reported by the Hawaii Reporter that Pelosi had in previous years stayed in a $10,000-a-night suite at the Four Seasons Resort in Kona for her holiday vacation.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/nanc...xqNXEB7E8cZ1UI