[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 18]
[House]
[Pages 23969-23970]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                SHERIFF SIGI GONZALEZ, JR., TEXAS LAWMAN

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, in the early morning hours of this past 
weekend, I accompanied Zapata County Sheriff Sigifredo ``Sigi'' 
Gonzalez, Jr., his SWAT team and posse of deputies who were patrolling 
the U.S.-Mexico border in south Texas.
  Every day Sigi leads his small 24-member force into the daily battle 
to protect Zapata County from the invasion of drug lords and human 
smugglers. Lots of drug money, filthy lucre, as I call it, fund these 
dangerous drug organizations and human smugglers that lurk across the 
Rio Grande River. These outlaws have better guns, better vehicles, 
better electronic surveillance equipment than the good guys. They even 
track our peace officers with GPS when they use their cell phones. 
These drug demons who bring narcotics into the United States make 
$30,000 a week. Sheriff Gonzalez makes about $40,000 a year.
  Sheriff Gonzalez is an unwavering patriot and an outstanding Texas 
lawman. He is defending America against illegal invaders and fighting 
the war against vicious, violent drug cartels

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that threaten our home and our country. He and his dedicated deputies 
need resources and funding to help fund the war for the border. Our 
homeland is worth protecting. That is just the way it is.

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