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John Conyers: There is not any trafficking across that part of the northern border, but there is plenty of drugs increasingly coming…

On the recordNovember 9, 1997
There is not any trafficking across that part of the northern border, but there is plenty of drugs increasingly coming in at the northern border. And one more thing, my colleagues. This bill is being represented as a temporary fix. What the real deal is is that it is going to be permanent, and we will never get to the hearings on the bill that everybody is for or against it. It never had hearings.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Discussing concerns about drug trafficking and the implications of a proposed bill.

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