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On the recordJanuary 22, 2019
I mean, we heard from so many people, and the ones who had lost loved ones really just wanted to try to make a difference. They just wanted to make a difference to make their communities safer, to make it safer for everybody. They are not going to bring back their family member, but they want to make the whole area safer. They believe that it is a crisis. Every one of them believed it was a crisis. One night, we were having dinner, and a lady who didn't know we were from the United States Congress walked over because she recognized one of the local officials and said we have to do something on the border-- spontaneously. We are just in town having dinner.
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Howard Griffith
Republican · Virginia
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Jan 22, 2019

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