Mark Souder: “I want to again thank the distinguished chairman of the Committee on International Relations because he has frequently…”

“I want to again thank the distinguished chairman of the Committee on International Relations because he has frequently been down in these countries that he has complimented and seen firsthand the successful efforts or the progress being made in Peru and Bolivia. Without his help in Colombia, where people are fighting and dying, we would have lost that country and we are going to lose it unless we continue to help them. He has been at the forefront in particular in Colombia and in struggling with these other nations. There are good news stories, as well as more difficult ones. First, partly what we need to understand as Americans, with what the gentleman from New York just talked about, is we are facing on our streets some progress here and there but net as a country, particularly among young people, a terrible threat. To understand why we are focusing on the Indian countries and why we are looking at the problems in Mexico and other places, we have to understand what is happening to us first.”