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Beto O'Rourke: “I want to thank Mr. Judd and Congressman Barber for organizing the briefing held yesterday to give Members of Congress…”

On the recordApril 11, 2013
I want to thank Mr. Judd and Congressman Barber for organizing the briefing held yesterday to give Members of Congress and their staffs, their teams a better understanding of what you do, the agents that you represent, what their day-to-day lives are, and how important it is to the security of our country, to the welfare of communities like El Paso, really any community in the United States.
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Beto O'Rourke
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

O'Rourke expresses gratitude for the briefing on Border Patrol's role in community security.

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