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On the recordApril 18, 2023
Secretary, every time you fail to acknowledge that this is a crisis, you lose even more credibility with the men and women of DHS, to say nothing to the American people.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas
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Criticizing the Secretary for not recognizing the border crisis and losing credibility.

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