James Talarico: “Public safety is the most important thing the government…”

“But I also think we have to keep out folks who mean to do us harm. And Public safety is the most important thing the government does. More important than public education, more important than public health. Nothing matters if we're not keeping people safe. So that's where I'm at on immigration, on energy, I think we need an all of the above energy strategy.” (03:26–03:33)

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