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Henry Cuellar: “Imagine if that would happen to Austin, or Laredo, or whatever your town--if one quarter of your businesses were shut…”

On the recordMarch 30, 2011
Imagine if that would happen to Austin, or Laredo, or whatever your town--if one quarter of your businesses were shut down because of violence imagine what would happen to the economics.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas

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Cuellar highlights the economic impact of violence in Ciudad Juarez.

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