[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 28, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H1402]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            MEXICO NOT COOPERATING TO HALT DRUG TRAFFICKING

  (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. STEARNS. Mr. Speaker, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1986 mandates 
that on March 1 the President must announce which nation will be 
officially listed or certified as cooperating in the effort to halt 
drug production and trafficking. Mexico better not be on that list.
  It is imperative that we take action against Mexico, that we finally 
denote the country for what it is. Simply put, Mexico has become a 
narco-state. Each year, nearly three-quarters of all the Colombian 
cocaine consumed by Americans flows across the 2,000-mile United 
States-Mexican border.
   Mr. Speaker, the President has the opportunity to seize his 
accountability. He has the opportunity to right some of our wrongs. He 
has the opportunity to effect change.
  I urge him to act. America should not certify Mexico.

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