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Derrick Van Orden: “90% of the stuff that we're seeing that are people bringing…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Discussion on Interdiction and Policy Against Narco Terrorists

Published | Video Starts at 00:07

Hey, you said in your estimate we can only interdict 10% of the things that we see. Correct. So 90% of the stuff that we're seeing that are people bringing this poison into the country, 90% is just going to go because we don't have the ability to stop that. Correct? That's correct. Okay. And you said that the precursor chemicals go into Mexico, correct? Correct. Where do they come from? China. Aha. Okay, so let me ask you this question, sir. (00:07–00:16)

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Asserts that 90% of illegal substances entering the country are not stopped.

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