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On the recordApril 10, 2013
I am going to get off on something kind of local. We see, once again, this administration is again proposing to close nine inland Border Patrol stations...
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John Rice Carter
Republican · Georgia

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Mr. Carter criticizes the administration's proposal to close Border Patrol stations in Texas.

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