Political Quotes

“This amendment is an amendment that strikes $1 million and puts a million back in. It's an amendment that has been before this Congress before. It's one that supports the Shadow Wolves, and the Shadow Wolves are a part of CBP. They are stationed at Sells, Arizona. They are within, mostly the Tohono O'odham reservation. They are Native Americans that defend our border and interact culturally and regionally in that area. They have been very, very effective. Their numbers have gone up, approaching 20, but their numbers have diminished now down to only five Shadow Wolves left. They have been excellent about tracking smugglers through the desert. They have been very effective in law enforcement, and they have been shifted back and forth out of Border Patrol into Customs and Border Protection in the past, but still their numbers are reduced, and this is $1 million that directs them to go forward and expand the Shadow Wolves again, to sustain them. I think it's a compliment to the Native Americans all across this country, the effectiveness the Shadow Wolves have provided on the border. Again, I have been down to visit them a number of times, watched them in action, participated with them in action. {time} 1910 Actually with Shadow Wolves, we did a one-strut landing of a Blackhawk on top of those lookout points that were my previous amendment.…”