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On the recordJune 23, 2014
I would like to just reject categorically any claims made by Members of this committee that somehow America or American citizens are at fault for this crisis, this situation on the border.
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Perry denies any blame on Americans for the border crisis.

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