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James Comer Jr.: “If taxpayer dollars were used, then that's going to be, I…”

Featuring: James Comer Jr., Republican | U.S. House Kentucky, 1st Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 17:02

And I don't think anyone with common sense would provide prisoners with that type of technology where they could use it, obviously, to communicate and harass people outside the gates, which is what they were doing. So, you know, the fact that If taxpayer dollars were used, then that's going to be, I think, an avenue for us to cut off that spigot of funding to California. hopefully. So that's why we're looking into that. And I think that's one of the problems. You know, what does success look like in holding people accountable? (17:02–17:13)

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Asserts that taxpayer funding could be cut off to California if misused.

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