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“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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“They are picking houses the way you pick tomatoes at the grocery store.”
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On the recordFebruary 14, 2012
I think Members of Congress want to see those Border Patrol at the border instead of having them wrack up millions of dollars of overtime at headquarters.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Editor's note · Context

Cuellar emphasizes the need for Border Patrol agents to be deployed at the border rather than at headquarters.

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