Speaker, I once again urge my colleagues to adopt this
legislation. I want to note that, back in the mid-nineties when I was starting out
my career as a Federal organized crime prosecutor, I was set on the
border in El Paso, Texas, and I had a frontline view, as I was going
after cartel-level drug traffickers back then, of just what a problem
the border is. Many people think of the border's primary problem being illegal
aliens, but I can tell you firsthand--and I think my colleague from
Texas will agree with me--that drug trafficking remains a gigantic
issue, and the poison that is killing our kids is streaming across the
southwest border in particular. It is imperative that bills like this continue. It is imperative that
Congressman Vela, Congresswoman McSally, and the others on their
subcommittee continue their great work identifying issues along the
border, both north and south, and that the BEST concept continues and,
indeed, hopefully, expands in the future.
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