
(Photo courtesy Facebook/Darin LaHood)
By Eric Stock
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood said he believes Congress will avoid a government shutdown this week, with a deadline looming for some spending plan to be approved by midnight Friday.
PODCAST: Listen to Scott and Patti’s interview with LaHood on WJBC.
“We can’t let that happen,” LaHood said. “I don’t think that will happen.”
LaHood told WJBC’s Scott Laughlin and Patti Penn it’s not feasible to spend billions of dollars on a border wall with Mexico, though he says he supports other security measures, such as fencing and added patrols.
“I’m very cautious about a wall that costs $25 billion and where you find the money to do that,” LaHood added. “Just on the fiscal aspect of that, I don’t think that makes sense.”
LaHood tells WJBC’s Scott Laughlin and Patti Penn there are other ways the U.S. can secure its southern border, through fencing, added patrols and other measures.
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