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Dusty Johnson: I need to respond quickly. Senator Carper was talking about root causes. The root cause of the instability--the primary…

On the recordAugust 4, 2021
I need to respond quickly. Senator Carper was talking about root causes. The root cause of the instability--the primary cause of the violence in Central America is Americans' insatiable demand for drugs. If you solve that problem, you solve the root cause of the problem, and you won't have the violence. But the root cause of this current crisis--because it was already solved--the root cause of this current crisis is President Biden's policies. President Biden is the root cause. So if you want to fix this, we can fix it. Secure the border. Go back to the policies that worked. We are not going to be able to fix Central America until we end our insatiable demand for drugs. With that, I yield the floor.
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Dusty Johnson
Republican · South Dakota
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Aug 4, 2021

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