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On the recordFebruary 25, 2019
I hate to continue to devastate other budgets that are critically needed in our community, like the forfeiture funding, to build the wall when the answer is right in front of us, and that is dealing with the corrupt people.
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Esteban Torres
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Torres criticizes budget allocations for border security instead of addressing corruption.

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