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On the recordJune 7, 2017
An Afghan veteran who had classified information that he admitted he had taken out of theater. An Army officer who would meet the criteria who admitted that he had removed classified information from Iraq. A police officer who admitted that he had smuggled marijuana into detention centers. It is not too big a burden to ask that applicants have a polygraph test and be clean. {time} 1245 The Sinaloa cartel is recruiting people to apply to become CBP officers. Our protection is to make sure that we completely screen every single applicant so that the cartel is unsuccessful in infiltrating our first line of defense at the U.S. borders. So, with that, I know that the authors are well-intentioned, but this is a serious mistake for the security of our country, and I urge Members to vote against the bill.
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Zoe Lofgren
Democratic · California

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