[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 10]
[House]
[Page 14359]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      BORDER SECURITY FUNDING CUTS

  (Ms. GIFFORDS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. GIFFORDS. Mr. Speaker, I am absolutely appalled the United States 
Senate eliminated over $700 million for protecting our U.S.-Mexico 
border. This appropriations bill in the Senate included money to deploy 
the National Guard to Arizona and increase the number of Border Patrol 
agents and surveillance systems on the border.
  By refusing to approve these funds, the United States said ``no'' to 
supporting the troops who will be arriving on the border next week. The 
Senate said ``no'' to increasing Border Patrol agents who would stop 
the flow of illegal drugs and illegal immigrants into our country. And 
the Senate said ``no'' to protecting ranchers and border residents in 
my district.
  Since Thursday, I have been fighting to reinstate the funding 
stripped out by the Senate, and I am pleased that the House will 
consider an emergency supplemental border security measure today. I am 
proud to be an original sponsor of that bill, and I urge Members on 
both sides of the aisle to pass it without delay.
  The failure by our Senate to provide the border resources that 
Arizonans and all Americans deserve represents Washington at its worst. 
It's also a sober reminder to all of us that the fight to strengthen 
border security is not over.

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