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Clay Higgins: “The responsibility for failure primarily lies with Congress, not with the boots on the ground and not with the…”

On the recordOctober 29, 2019
The responsibility for failure primarily lies with Congress, not with the boots on the ground and not with the Executive.
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Clay Higgins
Republican · Louisiana

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Higgins holds Congress accountable for failures in border security and humanitarian crisis management.

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