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Pat Ryan: “Let's take the 70 plus billion dollars we just gave to ICE…”

Featuring: Pat Ryan, Democratic | U.S. House, New York, District 18

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Town Hall Meeting in Glens Falls with AOC & Pat Ryan

Published | Video Starts at 1:29:08

Like, let's roll back the trillion dollars in cuts to our health care system and reinvest especially in rural community centers and physicians and, and hospitals. Let's take the 70 plus billion dollars we just gave to ICE, which is more than the budget of the United States Marine Corps, by the way, and like, let's actually invest that in real public safety in our communities. Gun violence intervention programs, mental health programs, local police that we trust that are part of our backbone, the police officers that are here tonight making sure we're safe as we exercise our First Amendment rights. (1:29:08–1:29:23)

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Asserts that ICE received over 70 billion dollars, more than the Marine Corps budget.

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