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Congressman Henry Cuellar is a democrat from texas and specifically the 28th district of laredo based border district which means your district would be ground zero for President Trumps wall initiative. You called that wall a 14th century solution to a 21st century problem. Why . Guest first of all we have seen the history of the berlin wall, the great wall of china and other places. You remember the french and the germans during world war i pics of been a lot of history. What we want to see living on the borders, we want have a secure border. Theres different ways you can do that. First of all you have to listen to the men and women on the ground, the Border Patrol are actually there and they will tell you that they want the right mixture of technology, the right mixture of personnel, and some strategic fencing in hotspo ....
Of been a lot of history. What we want to see living on the borders, we want have a secure border. Theres different ways you can do that. First of all you have to listen to the men and women on the ground, the Border Patrol are actually there and they will tell you that they want the right mixture of technology, the right mixture of personnel, and some strategic fencing in hotspots. The other thing is im a big believer in extending our goal line which is the us border. Where we spend over 18 billion. If you work with our friends to the south, mexico, and work with our Central American friends i think we could do a lot more to secure the borders and put in a 14th century solution to a 21st century problem we have house of representatives what are the issues after President Trumps mentioned the wall in a joint address to ....
[applause]. Thank you. [applause]. Thank you. Please have a seat. Thank you so much. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , members of the general assembly, my fellow illinoisans, its kinda fun to start a speech like that twice in one month. What an incredible privilege it is to address this chamber. To governor and the senator, members of congress, speaker madigan, former governor pat quinn, mayor and the people of springfield, thank you for such a warm welcome as i come back home. [applause]. Thank you so much. It is good to be home. Thank you. [applause]. It is great to see so many old friends like john culbertson, and others, i miss you guys. It is great to be in the state capital. The in here today calls to my the first time i spoke on the senate floor, that was 20 years ago. I was passionate, idealistic, ready to make a difference, just to stand in that magnificent chamber was enough to fill me up with a heightened sense of purpose. I probably needed a little little dose of reality when i ....