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Congresswoman Titus Response to Trump’s Intent to Declare National Emergency

Washington, DC, February 14, 2019
February 14, 2019
The President’s claim that there is a crisis at the border is simply not true.

February 14, 2019

Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District released the following statement in response to the White House Press Secretary confirming that President Trump intends to declare a national emergency to build the border wall:

“The President’s claim that there is a crisis at the border is simply not true,” said Congresswoman Titus (NV-1). “Declaring a national emergency to build a costly, ineffective border wall is illegal and a grotesque abuse of power. I will work with my colleagues to pursue all possible legal and legislative remedies to prevent President Trump from constructing this vanity project. The symbol of America must always remain the Statue of Liberty, not a border wall.”

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