Veronica Escobar: “In El Paso, that number is 61%.”

“And unfortunately, my community has the dubious distinction of being the top offender. Houston, Fort Worth, Dallas and Arlington all have alcohol related crash fatality rates between 46.3% and 51.9%. In El Paso, that number is 61%. We should not be standing in the way of options provided to Congress. As my colleague from the state of Florida mentioned, we will have the ability to say no to technology that we think goes too far.” (01:06–01:11)

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