Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday announced he is introducing legislation seeking to fund President Donald Trump’s ballroom project.
The bill would direct $400 million in federal funding to the White House’s new ballroom. Trump has argued the new venue is necessary to address security concerns sparked by the recent shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, which took place at the Washington Hilton.
“Underneath this ballroom will be infrastructure that is national security-centric,” Graham told reporters as he detailed the legislation. “The ballroom itself will avoid the dilemma of having to lead the White House grounds with future presidents and this president to go downtown in a place that’s less secure.”
“President Trump said to me … yesterday, ‘We need the ballroom, not just for me, but for future presidents,’” the senator continued. The sooner we get the ballroom built, the more hardened it is, the better for the country. So I hope and pray that most people in the Senate after Saturday night will support this bill.”
Before Graham introduced the bill, the White House had said the project was being funded through a mix of private donations and Trump’s personal funds.
Graham said Monday that some of the ballroom costs would be covered by private donations and some would be offset by “custom fees.”
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“[The bill] would authorize $400 million to be spent to secure, to build the presidential ballroom,” he said. “Underneath, there will be a lot of military stuff. There will be a Secret Service annex, and we’ve paid for it by offsetting it with custom fees.”
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