07/23/2014
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"I would just, you know, add my own input that this is critical for us, for them, for morale, and to ensure the protection of our borders and our way of life, especially in communities like El Paso."
"I think personally, I would like to see us review projects like that before we cut personnel."
"I realize the sequester forces some short-term decisions that are very painful. No one likes sequester."
"We would not be the city we are but for the hard work that the men and women of the Border Patrol perform each and every day, and that is part of the reason we are the safest city in the United States..."