Subcommittee Hearing: “On the Border and in the Line of Fire: U.S. Law Enforcement, Homeland Security and Drug Cartel Violence”

Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management | 311 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 | May 11, 2011 10:00am

On Wednesday, May 11, 2011, the Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management will hold a hearing entitled “On the Border and in the Line of Fire: U.S. Law Enforcement, Homeland Security and Drug Cartel Violence.”  The Subcommittee will meet at 10:00 a.m. in 311 Cannon House Office Building. 
 

Chairman Michael McCaul (TX) on the hearing:

“This administration is not giving the American people a complete picture of security on our border with Mexico. It is not 'better now than it has ever been' and the data on spillover crimes and violence is deceiving and underreported. Our state and local law enforcement on the front lines need help. Their firsthand accounts tell the real story of how we are outmanned, overpowered, and in danger of losing control of our own communities to narco-terrorists.”

Opening Statements

Rep. Michael McCaul, Chairman
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Witnesses

Panel 1

The Honorable Grayling Williams, Director, Office of Counter Narcotics Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security
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Ms. Amy Pope, Deputy Chief of Staff and Counselor to the Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice
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Panel 2

Col. Steven McCraw, Director, Texas Department of Public Safety
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The Honorable Thomas Horne, Attorney General, State of Arizona
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Sheriff Sigifredo Gonzales, Jr., Sheriff, Zapata County, Texas
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Chief Victor Rodriguez, McAllen Police Department, State of Texas
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