James Talarico: “Our family has been here since it was Mexico.”

“The feeling, the feeling that we can accomplish whatever we want to, that we can just keep going, just keep soaring. I like that spirit, too. I'm an eighth generation Texan. Our family has been here since it was Mexico. We may not have always been wealthy or well educated, but we always served our state as soldiers and sailors, preachers and teachers.” (01:19–01:23)

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