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Bob Corker: I will tell you this, it does not give me a lot of faith in the public officials who are dealing with this issue if they…

On the recordJuly 16, 2014
I will tell you this, it does not give me a lot of faith in the public officials who are dealing with this issue if they do not have some kind of gut instinct as to the number of people who are coming into this country that might actually really need asylum.
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Bob Corker
Republican · Tennessee

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Corker expresses frustration over officials' lack of insight on asylum seekers.

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