Senate Homeland Security Committee Chair Rand Paul, R-Ky., said Tuesday that the border can be secured for $75 billion less than House Republicans proposed in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, The Hill reported.

Paul is one of several Senate Republicans on the hunt for more cuts to the megabill, the centerpiece of President Donald Trump’s agenda, tackling tax cuts, funding for defense and border security, passed by the House, and he plans on proposing changes to the $150 billion earmarked by House Republicans for the border.

“The wall, if you look at the [Customs and Border Protection] website — until they removed it yesterday — they said it would cost $6.5 million per mile” to build the border wall, Paul told reporters.

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