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Adam Smith: Bipartisan support to block Trump using military to build wall

"To build border wall as a national emergency, Trump would need to tap existing military budget"

by Travis J. Tritten
| December 12, 2018 10:06 AM

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Rep. Adam Smith said Wednesday that he sees bipartisan support for legislation that could block President Trump from going through with a threat to tap the Pentagon to build a U.S.-Mexico border wall.

The prohibition could be added into the National Defense Authorization Act next year when Smith becomes the new chairman under the Democratic majority, he told defense reporters at a breakfast event.

“We can certainly put legislation in that says no Department of Defense money should go towards the wall and that would preclude using our soldiers as part of the effort to build it,” Smith said. “I think there is some bipartisan support for that idea precisely because Republicans see greater defense needs.”

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/adam-smith-bipartisan-support-to-block-trump-using-military-to-build-wall