WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden said on Friday he was told he had no choice but to spend previously appropriated money on the building of new sections of a border barrier in Texas to stem the flow of migrants in the area.
“I was told that I had no choice,” Biden told reporters at the White House. Biden said if Congress passes legislation to build something – whether an aircraft carrier or wall – or provide for a tax cut, he could not say he did not like it and would not pay for it.
U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he receives a briefing on Ukraine from members of his national security team in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 5, 2023.
