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Ruben Gallego: “Right wing members of Congress haven't allocated the funding…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Rep. Gallego, AG Mayes Border Press Conference

Published | Video Starts at 09:05

Right now, according to acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller, scanners to detect fentanyl being smelled across the border sit in warehouses right here in Nogales, unused. All because Right wing members of Congress haven't allocated the funding needed to install [the scanners]. them. Think about that. They are right here. We just need that approval to install. The funding to install the scanners was in the supplemental funding that we that was requested by my Republican colleagues and was blocked. (09:05–09:10)

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Asserts that right-wing Congress members have not funded the installation of fentanyl scanners.

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