House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington said in an interview Tuesday he would “reserve judgment” on the White House’s request for Republicans to include $1 billion in security funding in their party-line package until he saw legislative text, but cautioned he wanted to see an “itemized” list of what the money would be used for.
“I hope it’s narrowly tailored to getting ICE and CBP funded and restoring the safety and security of the American people — that was our intent from the beginning,” Arrington, a Texas Republican, said of the bill GOP lawmakers want to pass through the filibuster-skirting reconciliation process to fund the Trump…
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