What it says is in order to build a wall on the Mexican border, we're going to eviscerate the maritime wall, the U.S. Coast Guard, 14 percent cut.
Cory Booker: “What it says is in order to build a wall on the Mexican border, we're going to eviscerate the maritime wall, the U.S.…”
On the recordMarch 28, 2017
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Booker criticizes budget cuts to the Coast Guard for border wall funding.
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