[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 63 (Tuesday, April 28, 2009)]
[House]
[Page H4847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                            BORDER VIOLENCE

  (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, just across the border, 
heavily armed militias fueled by drug trafficking cartels are at war 
with the Mexican Government. Although the worst of the violence has 
been contained south of the border, its impact is being felt throughout 
the region.
  These trafficking organizations are powerful, but we are fighting 
back. Recently, the Flagstaff Police Department busted a major drug 
ring that supplied a quarter of the methamphetamine in the area. I 
congratulate the Flagstaff Police Department on their successful bust, 
which helps keep drugs out of our community and is a blow against drug 
trafficking organizations on both sides of the border.

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