{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-morgan-mcgarvey-attempts-to-divert-70-billion-ice-budget-bill-to-homeless-veterans", "Congressman Morgan McGarvey Attempts to Divert $70 Billion ICE Budget Bill to Homeless Veterans", "2026-06-09", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "KY", "Morgan McGarvey", "M001220", "mcgarvey.house.gov", "mcgarvey", "https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "\u201cThere\u2019s so much good we could do with this money. Just about anything would be better than giving it to ICE.\u201d\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. (June 9, 2026) \u2013 Today, the House will vote on a Senate-passed government funding package with an additional $70 billion for ICE and CBP, totaling $240 billion under the Trump administration.\n\nLast night, Rep. McGarvey proposed diverting the funding to the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans homelessness assistance programs. Today, Congressman Morgan McGarvey, railed against the bill on the House floor before casting his nay vote.\n\nDOWNLOAD LANDSCAPE VIDEO HERE\n\nTRANSCRIPT:\n\nMr. Speaker\n\nWe gotta stop saying this about $70 billion for ICE. This is about $240 billion for ICE. Republicans gave ICE $170 billion last July, and in less than one year they want to give them $70 billion more. That\u2019s more for ICE this year than Russia spent on its military \u2014 and they\u2019re currently at war.\n\n$240 billion for honest to god stormtroopers \u2014 masked, armed agents kidnapping people off the street, murdering U.S. citizens, separating families, and detaining children.\n\nWe shouldn\u2019t give them another dollar. We cannot give them another $70 billion. But if you\u2019re willing to spend it, imagine the good we could do with that kind of money.\n\nWe could make people\u2019s lives better. A free school breakfast and lunch for every kid in America.\n\nFree child care for every American family with a kid under five.\n\nWe could bring back the healthcare tax credits that Republicans killed because \u201ctoo expensive\u201d for three more years.\n\nSince feeding kids and fixing health care aren\u2019t your thing, maybe we can agree on our veterans.\n\nYou guys say you care about our veterans. Let\u2019s do something about it.\n\nFor $70 billion, we could end veteran homelessness forever, probably seven times over. In fact, I offered an amendment to this bill that does just that. Actually, with $70 billion, we could end homelessness in America.\n\nAnd that\u2019s just one example. There\u2019s so much good we could do with this money. Just about anything would be better than giving it to ICE.\n\nVote no, I yield back.\n\n###\n\nCongressman Morgan McGarvey represents Kentucky\u2019s Third Congressional District, including Louisville and Jefferson County. He serves on the House Veterans Affairs, Small Business, and Budget Committees.", 1, "2026-06-10T06:36:00Z", "2026-06-10T06:37:32Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://mcgarvey.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-morgan-mcgarvey-attempts-to-divert-70-billion-ice-budget-bill-to-homeless-veterans"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.925862230360508, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}