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Henry Cuellar: “Those buoys were less than a quarter of a mile long.”

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

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Ep. 16. U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28): Congressman on the Border

Published | Video Starts at 10:07

I asked the federal government to work with the state of Texas, and the state is trying to do Whatever they can. Some of it is more symbolic. For example, when they put the buoys, Those buoys were less than a quarter of a mile long. Less than a quarter of a mile. It looks like we lost the congressman. Let's see if he's. He comes back on a second. Oh, there you are in the middle of a. (10:07–10:12)

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Asserts that the buoys placed by the state were less than a quarter of a mile long.

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