MCALLEN, TEXAS – U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) today joined Senate Republican colleagues to speak with the press in the Rio Grande Valley Sector and discuss the ongoing crisis at the southern border. The Biden Administration continues to restrict press access to report on the humanitarian, national security, and public health crises occurring on the border.
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Excerpts from Sen. Tuberville’s remarks can be found below:
“I’m embarrassed for the taxpayers of this country. It brings tears to your eyes what’s happening.”
“Let me tell you, this is not a Democrat problem or a Republican problem, this is an American problem.”
“What a complete mess. … If we don’t change it, it’s going to get ten times worse.”
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, and HELP Committees.
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