Named a member of the influential House Appropriations Committee, Representative Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, and House Minority Leader, hailed him as “one of the most innovative and entrepreneurial members in Congress.”Ĭonstantly in touch with other border Congressmen, all Democrats, Hurd collaborated last year on legislation to secure a path for citizenship for ‘Dreamers.’ Representative Pete Aguilar of California and Hurd “now text each other so frequently that Mr. Hurd is an asset to their conference he has secured a temperamental electorate for now, and his intelligence, experience and status as the lone black Republican in the House Chamber make him invaluable.” His margin of victory in November was slim. Hurd’s ability to navigate the electoral perils of South Texas and Capitol Hill has surprised his party allies and his opponents across the aisle. The District has flipped five times between the two parties since the early 1990’s” This has resonance in the large population of cybersecurity professionals in his District – including parts of San Antonio. “Instead, he is content to remain on the periphery of the House Republican Conference, educating his colleagues, extending invitations to visit the border and voting the way he believes the majority of his constituents want him to.” He has not sought opportunities to directly lobby the President to endorse the technological barriers he has envisioned, although he notes that “key players’ are aware of his position.” Hurd said.”We should be thinking about all those different technologies and how they should be used, and when I describe this, nobody disagrees.”Īccording to the Times’ writer, Emily Cochrane, “Hurd is not inclined to broadcast his perspective or obsessively rope in votes for his cause. “Let’s make sure we’re using the right tool in the right place, Mr. He would dispense with the concrete wall or steel slats that Trump has advocated. Hurd advocates a ‘smart wall,’ a list of technologies and upgrades that would protect more than 800 miles of the Southwestern Border. That is more important than any kind of political calculation.” Says Hurd, “I have a unique perspective because I have so much border, because I have an entire career dealing with these issues. Hurd joined Democrats eight times this month to vote to reopen the government, without Wall funding.’ Hurd has a starkly different vision for the Southwestern border: fiber optic cables, sensors, radar, drones, increased staffing – but not the concrete or steel barrier that Trump has demanded before he will reopen the government. officer who won re-election on Texas’ 23rd District, ‘barely.’ The proposed Wall covers nine Congressional District in four states, and Hurd’s District is the largest of the nine.ĭrawing upon his years undercover and his work in the private sector, Mr. Its profile of Hurd notes that he is a “former undercover C.I.A. Hurd is also the only black Republican in the current House Chamber. House District along the 2,000 mile border with Mexico, Will Hurd of Texas, “has emerged as perhaps the most persistent critic in his Party of President Trump’s Wall” reports The New York Times in its Thursday, January 17th edition. The sole Republican Congressman to represent a U.S.
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