[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 20775]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                PRESIDENT BUSH, PARDON COMPEAN AND RAMOS

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of border 
agents Ramos and Compean, and I believe we should know why U.S. 
Attorney Johnny Sutton has thumbed his nose at a House panel and 
refuses to testify on why he protected a Mexican drug smuggler over our 
own border agents.
  Johnny Sutton gave a confirmed drug runner free access to cross our 
border on condition he would not smuggle drugs again, but he has. 
Johnny Sutton found out the witness was running drugs, but still let 
him testify as an innocent victim. By allowing the drug runner to 
testify, Johnny Sutton let a known liar testify against our own border 
agents. Johnny Sutton must testify under oath why he did this.
  In view of this new evidence, President Bush should pardon Compean 
and Ramos today. They did not get a fair trial, and the punishment did 
not fit the crime. This case is a travesty to our justice system. Fix 
it, Mr. President.

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