[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 101 (Tuesday, July 16, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H4504]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
ERIC ``WITH'' HOLDER--FAST AND FURIOUS--AND ANOTHER VICTIM
(Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, at a House Judiciary hearing, Eric
``With'' Holder, the Attorney General, admitted to me that more people
were going to die because of Operation Fast and Furious. That's the
Justice Department and ATF gunrunning scheme that sent hundreds of U.S.
automatic weapons to criminal drug cartels in Mexico.
Recently, Mexican Police Chief Lucio Rosales Astorga of
Hostotipaquillo, Mexico, was ambushed and gunned down by assassins as
he was driving his son to school. His wife and two bodyguards were also
shot. The automatic weapon used to shoot him was a Fast and Furious gun
smuggled to Mexico by the U.S. Government. Reportedly, over 200 Mexican
nationals have been killed by Fast and Furious weapons.
American guns are at the side of these puddles of blood. Chief
Astorga's son will be fatherless because of this government's
recklessness. Meanwhile, Attorney General Eric ``With'' Holder keeps
stonewalling justice and withholding information on this gunrunning
scheme.
Mr. Speaker, somebody needs to go to jail. And that's just the way it
is.
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