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House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers gave a statement on H.R. 5230, a supplemental appropriations bill for fiscal year 2014 before the Rules Committee today. H.R. 5230 provides funding to address the current immigration crisis at the Southwest border.
Chairman Rogers' statement follows:
"Chairman Sessions, Ranking Member Slaughter, and members of the Rules Committee, I am here before you today to present H.R. 5230, the bill providing immediate, short-term funding to address the Southwest border crisis.
"It is very clear that our law enforcement personnel and federal agencies require additional resources to respond to this dire situation.
"To that end, this bill contains $659 million to boost border security, provide humanitarian care for unaccompanied children, and to help stem the tide of illegal immigration.