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I've spent a fair amount of time down at the border.I have watched as these packs of marijuana are on the backs of young men that are walking across the border. They're hauling an average of about 65 pounds, some of them every day they take another load.

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Steve King
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: May 28
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Iowa
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