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On the recordMay 29, 2018
If I had the opportunity to get you $25 billion and you had to choose between a wall or to put more men at Customs and the border, men and women, professionals at our Customs and ports of entry, where would you choose your resources to be in terms of trying to fight the opioid epidemic?
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Rubén Gallego
Democratic · Arizona

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Gallego questions resource allocation in combating the opioid crisis versus border security.

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