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On the recordApril 8, 2019
What really bothered me about Nielsen is she does then lied to Congress and said, 'No, we didn't want to do deterrence, we didn't want to do child separation, it doesn't exist, the policy doesn't exist.'
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Jeff Merkley
Democratic · Oregon

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Merkley criticizes former Secretary Nielsen for her statements regarding child separation policy.

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