Brian Bilbray: “we have heard a lot of Mexico again this week, a lot of talk about the bailout of the Clinton administration when it…”

“we have heard a lot of Mexico again this week, a lot of talk about the bailout of the Clinton administration when it comes to Mexico. I happen to represent the city of San Diego, the proud home of the championship San Diego Chargers. But sadly we happen to be the home of one of the biggest car theft rings in the United States. Mr. Speaker, the citizens of San Diego County have to put up with their vehicles being stolen and shipped to Mexico and sold on Mexican markets. This is not the kind of free trade, Mr. Speaker, that we support in San Diego. In fact, in the treaty of the 1920's and in 1981, it specifically stated that stolen cars that were inappropriately exported to Mexico would be returned within 45 days, 45 days, of the time that they were recovered. Well, Mr. Speaker, not only are the vehicles not returned within 45 days, but they are actually held, used by Federal and State Mexican officials for their personal and public use. And, Mr. Speaker, here is a photo of a Mexican agent driving a United States stolen car. What is the issue here, Mr. Speaker? The issue is that there is a fine line between being a nice guy and being a patsy. And frankly I am not so sure that the Clinton administration knows where that line is when it comes to foreign policy.”