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Pramila Jayapal: “A $1.6 billion investment into what I call the wall to nowhere.”

On the recordMay 23, 2017
A $1.6 billion investment into what I call the wall to nowhere.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal refers to funding for the border wall as ineffective.

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