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On the recordJanuary 11, 2024
The U.S. Government--your tax dollars--is paying for the cuts in the fence that Mr. Biggs from Arizona is talking about. These people, citizens of the United States who are taxpayers depending upon their government to protect them from invasion, guess who pays to fix their fence? They can't even have animals on their land anymore because they can't keep them in the fenced area because the fences get cut by people coming across illegally. Is that any way to live, my good friend from Virginia?
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Scott Perry
Republican · Pennsylvania
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Jan 11, 2024

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