[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 18]
[House]
[Page 23088]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          SUNSET ON THE BORDER

  (Mr. POE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, as the sun sets on the 109th Congress today, 
the sun is also setting in the Southwest at a border unguarded from 
illegal entry, open for settlement and incursion. Our government has 
voiced empty words of border security and protecting our Nation from 
foreign invasion.
  Much like the Empire of Rome in 364 A.D., when the Goths encroached 
into Roman lands, there were not enough border security agents to keep 
them out. They were not required to assimilate into the Roman culture. 
The Romans did nothing. Blind to Goth occupation, Rome created its own 
downfall and disappearance as a Nation.
  Inability to protect borders and keep intruders out has led to the 
extermination of civilizations throughout history. Our government has 
failed with empty, meaningless political promises to protect the 
American people from border invasions.
  Mr. Speaker, Americans are tired of the hollow, hapless words. They 
are demanding secure borders to keep our Nation sovereign. It is the 
moral responsibility of this Nation to protect its citizens from 
invasion, to secure its borders from foreign invaders, before we become 
another Rome and pass smoldering into the ash heap of historical 
insignificance.
  All the while the sun sets in the Southwest. And that's just the way 
it is.

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