[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 139 (Thursday, October 27, 2005)]
[House]
[Pages H9279-H9280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SHERIFF SIGI GONZALEZ, JR., TEXAS LAWMAN

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, in the early morning hours of this past 
weekend, I accompanied Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo ``Sigi'' 
Gonzalez, Jr., his SWAT team and posse of deputies who were patrolling 
the U.S.-Mexico border in south Texas.
  Every day Sigi leads his small 24-member force into the daily battle 
to protect Zapata County from the invasion of drug lords and human 
smugglers. Lots of drug money, filthy lucre, as I call it, fund these 
dangerous drug organizations and human smugglers that lurk across the 
Rio Grande River. These outlaws have better guns, better

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vehicles, better electronic surveillance equipment than the good guys. 
They even track our peace officers with GPS when they use their cell 
phones. These drug demons who bring narcotics into the United States 
make $30,000 a week. Sheriff Gonzalez makes about $40,000 a year.
  Sheriff Gonzalez is an unwavering patriot and an outstanding Texas 
lawman. He is defending America against illegal invaders and fighting 
the war against vicious, violent drug cartels that threaten our home 
and our country. He and his dedicated deputies need resources and 
funding to help fund the war for the border. Our homeland is worth 
protecting. That is just the way it is.

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