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“When giant corporations and Wall Street investors buy up all the fire truck manufacturers, it’s a threat to public safety.”
“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 recordApril 4, 2011
I would ask you to do the same thing as we asked Chief Fisher, is to evaluate to see if he can send any of those to the Northern or the Southern border.
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Henry Cuellar
Democratic · Texas
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Cuellar requests evaluation of CBP officers for border deployment.

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