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Henry Cuellar: “The crime rate in Washington, D.C. is like 10 times more…”

Featuring: Henry Cuellar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 28

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U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar on House Homeland Security Hearing on Border Security

Published | Video Starts at 00:55

Would you consider Washington, D.C. a war zone? And they said, we couldn't answer that question. And one of them said, no. I said, well, you know, The crime rate in Washington, D.C. is like 10 times more than what it is in Hidalgo county or in Brownsville. But then why are you calling Hidalgo and the other areas a war zone but not Washington, D.C. so all I was asking is just very simple questions. (00:55–01:03)

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Asserts that Washington, D.C. has a crime rate ten times higher than Hidalgo County or Brownsville.

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