House Proceeding 03-25-09 on Mar 25th, 2009 :: 0:39:00 to 0:40:50
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Ted Poe: the united states, the legacy of president george washington and his successors is being called into doubt. will the president listen? the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. poe: request permission to address the house for one minute. wofmente

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Speech By: Ted Poe

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Ted Poe: mr. poe: mr. speaker, i bring you news on the border war from the cartels. o homeland security announced efforts to beef up the ports of entrio our southern border by using the federal agencies of the a.t.h., d.e.a. and more border patrol, mainly at the ports of entry. i'm encouraged we have recognized that we have a problem on the southern border,

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Ted Poe: but the plan unfortunately omits the obvious. the problem is not at the legal ports of entry, but between the legal ports of entry. between the legal ports of entry, we ought to use the national guard. the reason being is mexico is engaged with the battle of the cartels and they use the military. they have several thousand on their border. why?

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Ted Poe: the cartels are an army of evil doers and commit murder and corruption along the border and it is now becoming a cross-border problem. let's be serious. let's join mexico and put our national guard on the border. the texas governor and the arizona governor are both asking for the national guard. th should know they need that

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Ted Poe: help. we need the national gua squeeze out the vicious cartel army and put them out of business. and that's just the way it is. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana rise? >> address the house for one minute. the speake objection. the gentleman is recognized for

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Ted Poe: one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in times of hardship, leaders must inspire hope and to his credit, president obama inspires hope. without fanning reason