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Mark Souder: “I would like them to be accountable to Congress because they have not resolved how they are going to move and deal with…”

On the recordJune 14, 2007
I would like them to be accountable to Congress because they have not resolved how they are going to move and deal with Air and Marine assets related to ICE and investigations. They sometimes have even sent helicopters where we needed a P-3. This just isn't functioning, and narcotics terrorism is ripping up this country. We have 20,000 to 30,000 deaths a year. And if we have loads of cocaine coming in, loads of heroin coming into our society, because we have got all our planes lined up on the border and our P-3s down, it will not function. And with your assurance that you will continue to work with this, watch this, and we continue to talk about it between the authorizing and the appropriators, I will be happy to withdraw my amendment tonight.
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Mark Souder
Indiana

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Discussing accountability for Air and Marine assets related to ICE and the impact of narcotics on society.

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