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On the recordApril 29, 2008
I just submit we don't have to build exactly 2,000 miles of fence to get this all done. I submit we build the Duncan Hunter 700/854 miles of fence and then we will just keep right on building as long as they keep going around the end. If they stop going around the end, we can stop building fence. If they start going around the end, we'll start building some more.
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Steve King
Republican · Iowa

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Discussing border security and the construction of a fence.

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