Kay Granger: “as a member of the Speaker's Task Force For a Drug-Free America, I am proud to support the Drug-Free Borders Week. Our…”

“as a member of the Speaker's Task Force For a Drug-Free America, I am proud to support the Drug-Free Borders Week. Our Nation's drug crisis is real and it is also rising, but I have always believed that what is wrong with America can be cured by what is right with America. That is why I am so pleased to be a member of this task force. We believe the war on drugs is one that can be won, must be won, and will be won if only we have the courage to dream of a drug-free America. Where can we begin? We can begin by bringing some order to our borders. Seventy percent of all illegal drugs found in the U.S. originally cross the U.S.-Mexican border. Eradicating drugs meanings interdicting them. Interdicting them means stopping them in Brownsville, El Paso and San Diego. The Drug-Free Borders Act stiffens the penalties for those convicted of smuggling drugs over the border. The bill says to drug smugglers all over the world: If you bring drugs into this country, we will bring you to justice. This bill acknowledges that only when we close our borders to drugs can we open the doors of opportunity for our children. In short, by working together, we can save America from the scourge of drugs.”