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Tommy Tuberville: “We raised on the Gulf Coast about four percent of the shrimp that we eat in our country. So, 96 percent of the shrimp…”

On the recordJune 12, 2026
We raised on the Gulf Coast about four percent of the shrimp that we eat in our country. So, 96 percent of the shrimp that comes that we eat comes from other countries.
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Tommy Tuberville
Republican · Alabama

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Commenting on shrimp sourcing in the U.S.

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