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Henry Cuellar: “The homeland just put a over a billion dollars contract for…”

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

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Extending Border Wall Exceptions in South Texas

Published | Video Starts at 03:46

And if anybody's gone to Big Bend, you have seen what I call God's walls. They're big clips that we have. I also would like to note also Mr. Chairman, that The homeland just put a over a billion dollars contract for Big Ben and they said specifically no ballot walls, but they're going to put the vehicle barriers and use technology. So they already, the administration already said they don't want to put a fence there. So I'm just going along with the administration and saying we don't need a border wall there at Big Bend national park and the state park. (03:46–04:02)

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Asserts that a contract over a billion dollars was made for Big Bend with no border walls, only vehicle barriers and technology.

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