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James Talarico: “Just one contract to just one out of state for profit…”

Featuring: James Talarico, Democratic | Texas House of Representatives, District 50

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James Talarico Unveils His Border Security Plan

Published | Video Starts at 11:48

A border wall through Big Bend would be a monument to corruption. This construction of this useless wall has already been filled with no bid contracts and backroom deals. Just one contract to just one out of state for profit corporation is going to cost taxpayers $1.7 billion. That's the most expensive contract for border wall construction in Texas history. And it's going to the least trafficked section of the entire southern border and through one of the most sacred parts of Texas. (11:48–11:58)

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Asserts that a single contract for the border wall costs taxpayers $1.7 billion.

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