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Ben Ray Luján: “Homeland Security now has more money than the Marines do.”

Featuring: Ben Ray Luján, Democratic | U.S. Senate New Mexico

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I see heads nodding with me in agreement here because that's the truth. That's what's happening with all this stuff. Well, my Republican colleagues led an effort during big beautiful bill and reconciliation to Homeland Security now has more money than the Marines do. So this administration could do something significant and make me look like I didn't know what I was doing when I voted against it. We could get to 100% screening. (1:10:52–1:10:56)

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Asserts that the Department of Homeland Security has a larger budget than the U.S. Marine Corps.

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