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John Thune: “We passed the Lake and Riley act to keep criminal illegal…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune on Senate Republicans' Record-Breaking Year

Published | Video Starts at 10:44

We passed the HALT Fentanyl act to permanently schedule fentanyl analogs as the most deadly type of drugs. We passed the Lake and Riley act to keep criminal illegal aliens off of our streets. We passed the Genius Act, a landmark bill to create the first US Federal framework for stablecoins and ensure that US Leadership ensure, I should say US leadership in financial innovation. (10:44–10:49)

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Asserts that the Lake and Riley act was passed to keep criminal illegal aliens off streets.

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