[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10692]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 THE U.S.-MEXICO PARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGE

  (Mr. POLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. POLIS. This last weekend, I was part of a delegation to Campeche, 
Mexico, as part of the U.S.-Mexico parliamentary exchange. This was the 
49th annual U.S.-Mexico parliamentary exchange, and I rise today to 
emphasize the importance of the U.S.-Mexico relationship.
  Our topics included three major areas:
  We talked about border security, what we need to do on both sides of 
the border to improve security, to reduce the flow of drugs from Mexico 
into the United States, and reduce the flow of weapons from the United 
States into Mexico;
  We talked about how to expand our economic partnership to create jobs 
in both nations. Mexico, depending upon how you measure it, is our 
second or third largest trade partner, and we continue to grow our 
trade;
  And finally, we talked about immigration. However frustrating it is 
for the United States to deal with this issue, it's even more 
frustrating for Mexico to see many of their best and brightest fleeing 
northward. And the Mexican Government resolves to take action on this 
issue. Likewise, it's critical for our country to replace our broken 
immigration system with one that works for the United States.

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