“I think we can all unequivocally say in 2026, football is not going anywhere.”
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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordDecember 14, 2011
We are at the risk of converting ourselves into a narcostate.
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Bob Menendez
Democratic · New Jersey
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Editor's note · Context

Menendez highlights concerns about the Dominican Republic becoming a narcostate due to drug trafficking.

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