[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 141 (Wednesday, September 21, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H6280]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           ONE YEAR LATER, PIRATES ON THE LAKE NOT PROSECUTED

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it's been almost a year since David 
Hartley was gunned down by Zeta pirates on Falcon Lake in Texas. The 
Hartley family still has no suspect, no body, and no justice. David's 
wife, Tiffany, can't get any answers from our government since it 
apparently has abandoned the investigation of her husband's murder, so 
she has actually sued the government to get information.
  When ICE Agent Jaime Zapata was murdered in Mexico, the United States 
quickly pressured Mexico to investigate the homicide, as it should. But 
why is our government silent about finding who is responsible for 
killing David Hartley and other Americans murdered in lawless Mexico?
  On Monday, at a border forum I held in Brownsville, Texas, Tiffany 
Hartley said: ``The men who murdered David are right across the river. 
They aren't in Afghanistan; they aren't in Iraq. They're in our own 
backyard.''
  The United States hunts down terrorists around the globe. It's time 
we hold Mexico accountable for finding the narcoterrorists in their 
country who murder Americans.
  And that's just the way it is.

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