John Culberson: “with some personal experience, having served 14 years in the Texas Legislature, and having many friends who serve in the…”

“with some personal experience, having served 14 years in the Texas Legislature, and having many friends who serve in the Texas House, and having just been elected in the 2000 election, I felt compelled to come to the floor and offer some personal perspective on the, I think, highly improper and blatant partisan attacks that the Democrats are making that have absolutely nothing to do with homeland security. The Inspector General has already made a report on whatever allegations the Democrats are making. The Inspector General has already determined that everything that was done was properly done. The majority leader's office has said repeatedly, and this is confirmed by the Inspector General's report, that there was no contact between the majority leader's office and the Department of Homeland Security. This is an irrelevant distraction from the core important work that this Congress and the Nation must do in protecting our borders, in preventing people from coming across the border who might pose a threat to the security of this Nation.”