Brian Bilbray: “I ask for opposition to the Reyes amendment. Let us not be so darned politically correct when it comes to the defense of…”

“I ask for opposition to the Reyes amendment. Let us not be so darned politically correct when it comes to the defense of this Nation. Mr. Chairman, the drug importers and sellers are watching us today, and they will say, either we vote for the Reyes amendment, which maintains the status quo, or we vote for the Traficant, which will say we will do what we can at the border within the resources of this country to defend this country. Those who are saying that Mexico might get upset, and let me challenge them, Mexico has been willing to do at the border what we have not. Everyone who votes against Mexico's certification ought to look at that vote. They have put the troops on the border, not because it is anti-American, but because it is antidrug. Let us have the guts to be pro American and antidrug, and if Members want to vote against Mexico, they had better vote for this bill.”