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James Traficant: “While American politicians just say no, reports say that the Colombian drug cartel has placed a $200,000 bounty on our…”

On the recordFebruary 15, 2000
While American politicians just say no, reports say that the Colombian drug cartel has placed a $200,000 bounty on our border patrol. No limits. Kill five agents, you get $1 million. Now, if that is not enough to tarnish our slogan, Colombia also plans to increase production of cocaine by 20 percent; and Colombia will expand their coca bush planting to 465 square miles, 465 square miles, and most of it targeted for the United States of America. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker. While American troops are guarding borders overseas, vaccinating dogs in Haiti, the drug lords of Colombia are shooting our border patrol. A Nation without secure borders is a Nation without security. I yield back the crime, death, addiction, and stupidity in America.
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James Traficant
Ohio
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Discussing the threats posed by Colombian drug cartels to U.S. border patrol agents.

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