Courtney Bourgoin, courtney.bourgoin@sierraclub.org
Washington, DC-- Today, in a 245-182 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution to overturn Trump’s emergency declaration that would move funds from critical national security budgets to build border walls. See the Sierra Club’s letter on the resolution here.
In response, Sierra Club Federal Policy Director Melinda Pierce released the following statement:
“Today, the House showed Donald Trump that Americans will not sit idly by as he steals taxpayer money, claims our country is in a non-existent emergency, and manufactures a humanitarian crisis on the border. All of these actions are the Trump administration’s efforts to advance a twisted, racist, and cruel agenda built on inhumane deportations and a divisive, environmentally destructive, congressionally rejected border wall.
“The Sierra Club urges the Senate to pass this resolution and push back against Trump’s reprehensible emergency declaration, which is a blatant violation of the separation of powers defined in the Constitution.”
About the Sierra Club
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