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Henry Cuellar: “We added monies for border patrol, for technology, for…”

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 13:09

You know, let me take the three years of appropriations for Homeland, the last two years, not this one that we just did a week ago, but the last two years We added monies for border patrol, for technology, for things at the border. Every single Republican except for two, except for two that are still there. When we added $1.4 billion the last two years. Looks like we lost the congressman again, because there we go. (13:09–13:15)

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