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On the recordJanuary 19, 2016
We spent about a quarter of a trillion dollars in the last 10 years to fortify the border... but we spent about one percent of that... addressing the root causes of emigration factors.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Senator Carper critiques spending priorities regarding border security and emigration causes.

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