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Marco Rubio: “Given that the current numbers are clearly straining your resources and perhaps diverting from the ability to do some…”

On the recordJune 14, 2016
Given that the current numbers are clearly straining your resources and perhaps diverting from the ability to do some other parts of your mission, if these numbers continue to increase, if there's a dramatic, let's say, doubling of the current numbers, is it your opinion that--at that point will deeply impact the ability of the Coast Guard to conduct other essential missions outside of migrant intercept?
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Marco Rubio
Republican · Florida

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Senator Rubio questions the impact of increasing migrant numbers on Coast Guard operations.

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