If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage as
amended. While this amendment will not kill the bill, it will save lives. It does this by transferring $2.4 billion to the FEMA Pre-Disaster
Mitigation account, offset by eliminating the funding for the
President's border wall and new funds for ICE to be used for an
additional 10,000 detention beds. When we listen to the better angels of our nature, we know in our
hearts this is the right and just--and the American--thing to do. I was an eyewitness to the devastation inflicted on Southeast Texas
and Louisiana when struck on August 25, 2017 by Hurricane Harvey.
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