John Conyers: “I just want to wrap the discussion up by again complementing the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus) for creating this…”

“I just want to wrap the discussion up by again complementing the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus) for creating this resolution. I think it sends an important message to our law enforcement community as much as anything else, especially to the Customs Service, that they have done a job that needs to be praised. It is a job well done. And to our neighbors to the south, I think it sends a message of our concerns that continue while at the same time extending recognition of their cooperation, the fact that they are indeed participating. I do not know how many Members understood that the resolution addresses a great deal of detail. I do not know how many understood what Casablanca really was all about. I would just like to point out that essentially what happens in money laundering like this and what happened, as I understand it, in this case is that certain active drug dealers in the United States with connections to Mexico and Colombia decided to use some dummy accounts and some real accounts in American banks in California to ship some funds down to Mexico.”