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On the recordMarch 14, 2016
Proposing cuts to the programs that keep the homeland safe would be foolish in any case, but they are particularly outrageous at a time when our threat level is the highest it has been since 2001.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul criticizes proposed budget cuts to homeland security amidst rising threats.

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