[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7269]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            TIFFANY HARTLEY

  (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on the violent Texas/Mexico border, 
Zeta pirates gunned down David Hartley on the international border of 
Falcon Lake last year. His wife, Tiffany, was able to escape the shots 
fired at her. This happened 8 months ago. David is one of 111 Americans 
murdered in Mexico last year, and none of these cases have been solved.
  Tiffany was in D.C. this week trying to find out some answers about 
her husband's murder. She wants to know why the Federal Government is 
not investigating this case and also putting pressure on Mexico to do 
the same. Only Sheriff Sigi Gonzales of Zapata County, TX, seems to be 
pursuing the criminal case.
  However, when ICE Agent Jaime Zapata was murdered in Mexico, the 
United States quickly, and rightly so, pressured Mexico to investigate 
the homicide. Our government should be just as concerned about David 
Hartley and the other Americans murdered in lawless Mexico.
  Why is our government apparently missing in action?
  Also, President Calderon was in D.C. this week to receive an award. 
Too bad he didn't stay around long enough to meet with Tiffany and 
explain to her why his government isn't doing anything to bring the 
killers of her husband to justice.
  And that's just the way it is.

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