U.S. House of Representatives

The Kidnapping of Former Marine Armando Torres in Mexico
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 00:00
Mr. Speaker, I rise to express my deep concern for former Marine Corporal Armando Torres who was reportedly kidnapped by members of the Mexican Cartel during a visit to Las Barrancas, Tamaulipas, Mexico while visiting his father and uncle.
Congratulating U.S. Southern Command on their 50th Anniversary
Monday, June 3, 2013 - 00:00
SOUTHCOM provides invaluable contingency planning, operations, and security cooperation to the volatile region, and has been an invaluable asset to the area. Whether it be through deterring illegal activities such as drug trafficking, dismantling transnat
Testimony - Elizabeth Hogan, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean:"U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation: An Overview of the Merida Initiative 2008-Present"
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 00:00
USAID considers insecurity related to high levels of crime and violence in Mexico to be a grave threat to the remarkable development advances of recent decades.
Testimony of John F. Feely Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs: "U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation: An Overview of the Merida Initiative 2008-Present"
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 00:00
At the federal level, Merida has delivered training to nearly 19,000 federal law enforcement officers.
Testimony of Ambassador William R. Brownfield, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs: "U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation: An Overview of the Merida Initiative, 2008-Present"
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 00:00
President Pena Nieto and his Administration are committed to continuing our close collaboration on security issues under the four-pillar Merida framework, with a sharper focus on crime prevention and rule of law.
Testimony - Steven Dudley, Director InSight Crime:“US-Mexico Security Cooperation: An Overview of the Merida Initiative 2008- Present”
Friday, May 24, 2013 - 00:00
The challenges the Pena Nieto administration faces are tremendous. But there has been progress, and continued cooperation by the United States of Mexico's effort is warranted.
Prepared Statement of: Ambassador William R. Brownfield, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 00:00
Our support to Mexico over the past six years has achieved positive results, and I am confident that our collaborative efforts can continue.
Issues of the Day
Thursday, May 23, 2013 - 00:00
And we have a President that goes down to Mexico in the last 2 or 3 weeks and tells them about how outrageous it is that America has been selling guns to criminals that are using them in Mexico.
Illegal Immigration
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 00:00
Drug Enforcement tells me when I ask them: If magically everybody that's illegally in America woke up in their home country tomorrow morning--magically, of course--what would happen to the illegal drug distribution system in the United States? Their answe
Statement of U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern on the Conviction of Jose Efrain Rios Montt
Friday, May 17, 2013 - 00:00
The Guatemalan court's ruling demonstrates that everyone is subject to justice, and even the most vulnerable communities can seek and achieve justice for heinous crimes committed against them.

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