[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[House]
[Pages H3996-H3997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        BORDER WAR WITH CARTELS

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I bring you news from the border war 
with the cartels. Our Homeland Security Director has recently announced 
the effort to beef up the ports of entry on our southern border by 
using the Federal agencies of the ATF, the DEA, and more Border Patrol, 
mainly at the ports of entry.
  I am encouraged that we have finally recognized that we have a 
problem on the southern border, but the plan unfortunately omits the 
obvious: The

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problem is not at the legal ports of entry; the problem is between the 
legal ports of entry; and between the legal ports of entry we ought to 
use the National Guard. The reason being is Mexico is engaged with the 
battle of the cartels, and they use the military. They have several 
thousand on their border. Why? The cartels are an army of evildoers. 
They commit beheadings, murder, corruption, and terror along the 
border. It is violent, and it is now becoming a cross-border problem.
  So let's be serious about the border war with the cartel. Let's join 
Mexico, and put our National Guard on the border. The Texas Governor 
and the Arizona Governor have both asked for the National Guard. They 
should know that they need that help. We need the National Guard to 
squeeze out the vicious cartel army and put them out of the business.
  And that's just the way it is.

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