James Traficant: “I cannot even believe this debate. Is the border a national security checkpoint or not? Are we guarding borders in the…”

“I cannot even believe this debate. Is the border a national security checkpoint or not? Are we guarding borders in the Mideast? Are we vaccinating dogs in Haiti with our military; building homes overseas? I am not worried about the small illegal immigrant running across that border. I understand that. But, my God, I am a former sheriff. How many more overdoses are we going to have? Where is our program? We have no program. I heard the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Buyer) talk about the ports of entry. The Traficant bill allows the military to assist Customs as well at those ports of entry. They cannot make arrests, they must be trained, they cannot violate posse comitatus. But, go ahead, keep the doors open. Keep the cocaine and heroin coming in, colleagues, and then let the people all over America end up on slabs. Maybe we need a rocket to come across, someone to put together a warhead, maybe in Arizona. Maybe that will teach us a lesson. I say the Constitution says Congress is responsible for our national defense. We authorized the President to conduct our programs. I do not mandate it, but I do authorize that possibility to occur.”