[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 11]
[House]
[Page 15861]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   WE NEED A STRONG AND SECURE BORDER

  (Mrs. DRAKE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DRAKE. Mr. Speaker, it is in the best interests of our country 
to have a strong and secure border. At a time when it's more important 
than ever to know who is entering and who is leaving our country, we 
should not be tying up funding in more bureaucratic red tape.
  Our constituents are begging for something to be done, yet the 
language in the Homeland Security appropriations bill will cripple the 
ability of the border fence to be built in high-priority areas.
  I understand that process and procedure are important, but this 
Congress has already made its stand on the fence when, in a bipartisan 
fashion, it supported the Secure Fence Act back in October.
  In the words of Sheriff Pendegraff of North Carolina, if your bathtub 
is overflowing, would you get a mop and bucket, or would you turn off 
the spigot? Mr. Speaker, it's time to turn off the spigot, close our 
borders and build the fence.

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