Mark Souder: “I read with concern this week that we have had another incident on our southern border in Tijuana with Mexico and their…”

“I read with concern this week that we have had another incident on our southern border in Tijuana with Mexico and their inability to get control of the drug problem. The attorney general of Mexico was quoted, who has been a crusader in trying to establish law and order in Mexico on the drug issue, that one of our primary needs is to get control of consumption in this country. I want to suggest two different things: in addition, Mexico needs to continue to work to control the borders, because in San Diego, I will be at a hearing next week that the gentleman from California (Mr. Mica) is chairing in the district of the gentleman from California (Mr. Bilbray). There is only so much they can do in San Diego, across from Tijuana if we do not get some control of our borders. There is also only so much we can do in northeast Indiana, as I have talked with Sheriff Dukes in Noble County and Sheriff Jackson in Huntington County and Sheriff Herman in Allen County. There is only so much they can do in my district if the drugs keep coming across in California and Arizona and New Mexico and Texas that pour then into Indiana. So we need Mexico's continued help, and we need even more aggressive efforts to try to crack down on the drug problem.”