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John Cornyn: “What Senator Booker is trying to do is to kill this…”

Featuring: John Cornyn, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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It is that on its plain truth, no matter how much he wants to try to dodge that truth. Mr. Chairman, I have to respond. Well, quickly, because. I will respond quickly. What Senator Booker is trying to do is to kill this underlying bipartisan bill that will hopefully save hundreds, maybe thousands of lives because of the opioid crisis. It's already taken tens of thousands of lives in this country over recent years because of the Biden open border policies. So I'm simply trying to preserve this bipartisan legislation again that will save lives. (02:24–02:43)

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Asserts that Senator Booker's actions threaten a bipartisan bill aimed at addressing the opioid crisis.

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