[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 8, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H3485]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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                CREATION OF THE SKYLINE DRUG TASK FORCE

  (Mr. RIGGLEMAN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RIGGLEMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to talk about an issue of 
grave concern in my district. The Skyline Drive corridor in central and 
western Virginia has become the center of a drug trafficking problem 
that is ravaging my district.
  This challenge has warranted the creation of a Skyline Drug Task 
Force to combat drug problems in the community. This counter-drug team 
has carried out searches and made arrests, including of an individual 
suspected to be a high-level member of a Mexican drug trafficking 
organization, a cartel, who had, according to the judge, caused 
unfathomable damage to the community.
  The damage caused by this organization and the many others 
trafficking in our communities and in the Fifth District of Virginia is 
very real and very lasting.
  It is necessary, for the safety of my constituents, to have the 
region designated as a High Intensity Drug Area to give law enforcement 
the funding and support they need to continue the fight against the 
dangerous drug dealers.

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