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Teresa Leger Fernandez: Mr. Speaker, I want to go back to the issue of the forever wars that President Trump is leading us down into. As I said…

On the recordDecember 10, 2025
Mr. Speaker, I want to go back to the issue of the forever wars that President Trump is leading us down into. As I said in my opening, he says it is to combat drug trafficking, and I agree, we should be arresting and putting these drug dealers away for life. I don't like the President of Venezuela. He is an authoritarian, a dictator. He is the opposite of what democracy should be like. But let's face it, this isn't about drug dealing because Trump keeps pardoning convicted drug dealers.
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Teresa Leger Fernandez
Democratic · New Mexico

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Discussing President Trump's approach to drug trafficking and pardons during a floor speech.

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