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On the recordMay 3, 2022
Frankly, I don't know why we would spend billions of dollars protecting the homeland without the capacity to protect our citizens from foreign actors and terrorist organizations.
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Shelley Capito
Republican · West Virginia

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Senator Capito questions the effectiveness of homeland security spending without addressing misinformation.

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