This is not a zero sum game, even though Senator Schumer and I are having some good-natured competition.
John Cornyn: “This is not a zero sum game, even though Senator Schumer and I are having some good-natured competition.”
On the recordMay 16, 2011
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Cornyn discusses the shared federal responsibility for border security.
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