Pete Domenici: “If we vote to decertify them, are they going to get better? Is there a correlation between saying they should not be…”

“If we vote to decertify them, are they going to get better? Is there a correlation between saying they should not be certified and getting some real cooperation out of Mexico? I ask any Senator who says, ``let's go ahead and decertify and say to Mexico, you are not cooperating,'' to stand up and tell the Senate that if we did that, things would really get better. As a matter of fact, Mr. President, there is a good chance, because this process is so outrageously stupid, that if we decertify Mexico, things will get worse. All of these things people are worried about-- and I see them in my State and I am worried about them, too--are just going to get worse rather than better. If you pound the Mexican economy and penalize Mexico because they haven't been cooperating, do things like take away IMF, the World Bank, and other assistance, all in the name of making Mexico cooperate, do you know what will happen?”