These cities. towns and counties dont have the revenue to provide local matching funds to qualify for federal grants and programs or have the tax base to build milliondollar waste water plants on their own. A regional economic development commission on the southwest border. I believe will put the hundreds of small. rural border communities on the fast track to becoming selfsustaining and developing economically. Mr. Speaker. a Southwest Border Regional Commission would essentially bring the federal government to the border. This bill will not raise taxes. will not create duplicative programs and certainly not provide any services to illegal or undocumented immigrants. this bill instead provides opportunity for our communities that are most in need. I strongly urge my colleagues to pass this bipartisan bill.
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