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Mike Rounds: “It would help a lot if we had the Department of Homeland…”

Featuring: Mike Rounds, Republican | U.S. Senate South Dakota

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Rounds Talks Iran on Newsmax

Published | Video Starts at 04:23

That's right. And look, we never say we are totally safe because we never want to let our guard down. I can tell you that It would help a lot if we had the Department of Homeland Security fully funded right now. so that the terrorist watch organizations within them were actually operating right now. Our Democrat colleagues know this. (04:23–04:29)

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Asserts that full funding of the Department of Homeland Security would improve security.

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