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Malcolm Wallop: “Last, Mr. President, I very much wish to thank the Senator from California for accepting the law enforcement provisions.…”

On the recordApril 12, 1994
Last, Mr. President, I very much wish to thank the Senator from California for accepting the law enforcement provisions. I think it is in all of our intent that we do not provide a pipeline in the interstate highway system out of Mexico through which illegal immigrants and drug traffickers could operate, but the law enforcement people could not. I think that was her intention. I think it is now clear that it does not, and I thank her for that.
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Malcolm Wallop
Republican · Wyoming

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Thanking a colleague for law enforcement provisions related to immigration and drug trafficking.

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