We recognize that the border is chaos right now. The asylum seekers that are surging to the border are causing problems for our border trade for small communities down there. I've been working all year trying to get [border communities] money to make sure they're compensated for all the work they're doing. And, and we compromise with our fellow Republicans to get a bill that that was going to bring a solution and Kerry Lake didn't even look at the bill and automatically rejected it. (01:55–02:00)
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Asserts that he has been working to secure funds for border communities.
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