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On the recordApril 13, 2021
But, I mean, if you have ever been down to the Texas-Mexico border, particularly that sector in the lower Rio Grande Valley, it is very, very difficult to provide those--that interdiction.
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Michael Burgess
Republican · Texas

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Burgess emphasizes the challenges of drug interdiction at the Texas-Mexico border.

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