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On the recordJuly 11, 2017
We really do and, of course, we just saw that load of ivory tusks--I think it was 7,000 pounds--that just got confiscated and those are the kind of things that are funding terrorist organizations and it doesn't serve humanity.
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Ted Yoho
Republican · Florida

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Discussing the impact of ivory trafficking on terrorism funding.

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