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On the recordOctober 13, 2011
I think, looking at the big picture, to sit there and use the language that said conducting business on the Texas border is tantamount to living in a war zone, I don't think that rhetoric helps, because I don't think it presents the real picture.
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Mike McCaul
Republican · Texas

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McCaul criticizes rhetoric about the Texas border being a war zone.

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