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On the recordApril 10, 2013
But on the northern part of the United States, and I know if we had a definitional issue as to whether it was international water, but in the northern part of the United States, you do have a big presence in the northern part. So that is why I was saying what is wrong with the southern part?
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Editor's note · Context

Cuellar questions the lack of Coast Guard presence in the southern U.S. compared to the north.

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