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On the recordMarch 11, 2014
The cuts that you all did and without going to specific cuts, you all went down and made cuts to a neighbor that has a large impact.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Cuellar criticizes budget cuts affecting Mexico, impacting drug trafficking issues.

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