[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8194]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS BELONG ON THE BORDER

  (Mr. KELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KELLER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to applaud President Bush's 
decision to place additional National Guard troops on the Mexican 
border. I recently returned from a week long trip to the Mexico-
California border. And as this photograph shows, I met with National 
Guard troops who were constructing a border security fence in the San 
Diego area.
  President Bush's decision has been criticized from two sources.
  First, some American politicians have complained that National Guard 
troops have no business being involved with border security. Well, this 
photograph clearly shows that National Guard troops are already playing 
a key role in helping to secure our borders.
  Second, Mexico's President Vicente Fox complained about the U.S. 
possibly militarizing our border. This is the height of hypocrisy. 
Mexico was the first one to put their military on their southern border 
to stop illegals from coming into Mexico from Guatemala.
  The American people want less whining from the open borders crowd and 
more action from the rest of us to secure our borders. This is a step 
in the right direction.

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