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Henry Cuellar: No, no, no. Under the supplemental bill that we passed last August in 2010, you were supposed to hire 1,000, because…

On the recordMarch 14, 2011
No, no, no. Under the supplemental bill that we passed last August in 2010, you were supposed to hire 1,000, because there was an emergency.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas

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Cuellar questions the hiring of Border Patrol agents under an emergency bill.

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