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“I want to stop the spread. They are picking homes like you, and I pick tomatoes in the grocery store.”
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On the recordMarch 14, 2011
I am surprised that you don't know how many people you have hired under that, how many have been interviewed, background investigations, how many have been sent to the BPP Academy.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Cuellar expresses frustration over lack of hiring information under the emergency funding.

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