Political Quotes

“I will move on. These operations are, in large part, unlicensed, uncontrolled, unregulated, operated on stolen water, ignoring building codes, ignoring land use laws, ignoring labor laws, and importing thousands upon thousands of immigrants to work in squalor and in fear. Why? Because the Federal Government has refused to help the overwhelmed local law enforcement officers meet the huge challenge these cartels present. In fact, months ago, I directly asked Attorney General Garland and again, several weeks ago, for his assistance in getting the FBI, Homeland Security, and the DEA to help us in southern Oregon, and I have heard nothing, absolutely nothing, back from him. This is why it is essential that any bill dealing with legalization include significant money for law enforcement. We are certainly not getting any help from the Attorney General. This picture behind me is what the living conditions are like for the immigrants working for the cartels. We are experiencing one of the worst droughts in the history of the western United States. Water is gold in my district. Cartels are stealing water and using it to grow marijuana. Water regulators in southern Oregon have been threatened with death by cartel members when they have tried to stop water theft. Here is a picture of some of the stolen water. When the crop is harvested, hoop houses are abandoned, the migrant laborers disappear, and the mess is left for someone else to clean up. Here is what that looks like.…”