I am pleased to have an opportunity to join in this special order on United StatesMexico relations and commend the gentleman from Texas for sponsoring this forum. As the previous speakers have indicated. the United States has vital economic and strategic ties to Mexicoso vital that United StatesMexico relations deserve to be a top foreign policy priority of this Nation. Important issues involving the two countries are drugs. immigration. and Mexicos ailing economy. The illicit flow of drugs from Mexico to the United States is of paramount interest to San Diego because in the last 30 days. Customs officials have seized 8.000 pounds of cocaine along the CaliforniaMexico border alone.
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