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Has 88 more miles of physical barrier that's going in the rio grande valley. >> you don't have a problem with that. >> don't have a problem with that. i voted for those things. i've voted since i've been in congress for $220 billion of funding. >> you have 40% of the border in your districts? >> about. i have 820 miles of the border. the border is 1,195 miles. and so ultimately, the issue with the use of the word -- >> wall? >> not wall. but emergency. >> oh, okay. >> that gives the president certain powers. that i believe gets -- is -- goes against what our constitution has said. congress, ba...

Statewide elected democrat in texas doesn't mean we're not a purple state. i know a little something about operating in a purple district. my district is two time zones and it's roughly the size of the state of georgia. i have more border than any member of congress. i have 820 miles. we should be talking about strategy to secure our border, not one tool within that strategy. >> more border than anybody else. he's saying it's not about the why. why isn't the president -- >> let me make one thing clear here, he's a republican. that's a republican congressman from texas who has more border than ...

And because of people in the senior leadership in dhs in washington, d.c., they were going cut the salary of what border patrol was going to make for the same amount of hours. that makes no sense. so we were able to fix that. so there were some internal issues. we make sure these men and women are doing things that you know, are being supported for their work. when i, so i have 820 miles of the border. 29 counties. two time zones. my district is larger than 26 states. roughly is size of georgia. i have five of the top 15 ports of entries within my district. and when i talk to, and four sectors...

That we make sure these men and women are doing things that you know, are being supported for their work. so, i have 820 miles of the border. 29 counties. two time zones. my district is larger than 26 states. roughly the size of georgia. i have 5 of the top 15 ports of entries within my district. and when i talk to, and four sectors. the border is broken up into sectors. when i talk to the men and women of board e patrol, i say okay, if you have $10 million, what would you do? and the first thing they say, put the telephone, the telecommunications infrastructure for my cell phone and push to t...

Along texas' 23rd congressional district, a district so big that it's larger than 29 states. can you believe that? it makes up one-third of the entire u.s./mexico border. president trump's proposed border wall would cover some 820 miles in the 23rd. my point is,, just about no one in washington is as familiar with the truth about the border than my next guest. that is congressman will hurd, the only republican member of congress serving in a southern border district. so, he voiced his opinion to the president's planned wall and he joins me now. good evening. i know you could have gone on any s...