Speaker. I rise today to honor Brian Terry and his service to this great country as a U.S. Border Patrol agent. In 2009. the Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco. Firearms. and Explosives began a program known as "Operation Fast and Furious." The program was a maligned attempt to track 2.000 weapons destined for drug cartels. Five years ago. Border Patrol agents were assaulted by a band of robbers 17 miles inside the U.S. border in Arizona. resulting in the death of Brian Terry on December 15. 2010. Two of the guns found at the scene were linked to Operation Fast and Furious. Together with Senator CHUCK GRASSLEY and the Senate Judiciary Committee. the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform attempted to get answers for the Terry family. but this effort has been stonewalled and obstructed by those responsible for the illconceived Operation. Before serving three and a half years with the U.S. Border Patrol. Agent Terry served in the United States Marine Corps and worked as a police officer in Ecorse and Lincoln Park. Michigan. not far from his hometown of Flat E1790 Rock.
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