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Cindy Hyde-Smith: “I don't know what the definition of crisis in your mind is, and I don't know if everybody's just been told under no…”

On the recordMarch 29, 2023
I don't know what the definition of crisis in your mind is, and I don't know if everybody's just been told under no circumstances are you to call it a crisis, but I assure you Carla doesn't care who's Democrat or Republican in this room, but it is very real and it is no doubt a major humanitarian crisis.
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Cindy Hyde-Smith
Republican · Mississippi

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Hyde-Smith emphasizes the urgency of the humanitarian crisis at the border.

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