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Lauren Boebert: “The Biden administration wanted to give out $500,000 checks…”

Featuring: Lauren Boebert, Republican | U.S. House Colorado, District 4

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Published | Video Starts at 14:37

And so I do believe that there should be some sort of reprieve for them. And, you know, the details are within the Department of Justice. The Biden administration wanted to give out $500,000 checks to families who were separated at the southern border. And that's something that I led the charge and stopped even in the. In the minority. And that would have come from a justice fund. And so I think that this does. (14:37–14:44)

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Asserts that the Biden administration proposed $500,000 payments to separated families at the southern border.

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