[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 101 (Thursday, July 1, 2010)]
[House]
[Page H5307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        SHOTS ACROSS THE BORDER

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the violence continues to spill across 
our southern border with Mexico. This week, seven shots from gunfire 
hit City Hall in downtown El Paso, Texas, in more cross-border 
violence. City Hall is over a half mile from the Rio Grande border with 
Mexico. The El Paso Police said stray bullets came from a drug cartel 
shoot-out in Juarez, Mexico.
  In 1911, 99 years ago, stray bullets rained down on Americans from 
across the border when revolutionary Pancho Villa seized the city of 
Juarez, Mexico. Those stray bullets wounded Americans and damaged 
American properties. Bandits raided ranches and attacked border towns. 
There was lawlessness on the border frontier. History is repeating 
itself.
  But in 1911, President Taft took swift action. He deployed the 
Cavalry from Fort Bliss to the border and to the areas along the 
border. They stopped the violence on American lives and property. But 
today, this administration is missing in action on the border. 
Meanwhile, the border war continues.
  And that's just the way it is.

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