[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 45 (Thursday, March 31, 2011)]
[House]
[Pages H2116-H2117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           THE SOUTHERN BORDERLANDS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ACT

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, foreign invaders are threatening the 
people who feed America. Recently, I was invited to the Arizona border 
by Congresswoman Gabby Giffords' office. I met with border ranchers who 
live in fear each day because they don't know who or what is lurking on 
their land. They communicate with each other over radios.

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  In this remote area many times cell phones do not work. So, today I 
am filing legislation that is the idea of Ms. Giffords. This bill is in 
memory of Robert Krentz, the Arizona rancher who was murdered by an 
illegal on his own property one year ago. Mr. Krentz is a former 
rancher whose family still lives in Arizona. News reports indicate Mr. 
Krentz was in a cell phone ``dead zone'' when he was murdered, and this 
bill will provide people in remote areas on the dangerous border area 
with cell phone service to call for help.
  If the Federal Government is going to refuse to protect its citizens, 
the least it can do is allow the people the resources to protect 
themselves.
  And that's just the way it is.

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