Honorable Mark Souder
U.S. Representative, Indiana, Republican
Representative Souder has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1994. He is a member of the Education and theWorkforce, Homeland Security, and Government Reform Committees and chairs theGovernment Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and HumanResources. The following is excerpted from the September 14, 2006, House floordebate on H.R. 6061, the Secure Fence Act of 2006. It has been my privilege here in Congress to serve as theDrug Policy chairman and also as a senior member of the Homeland SecurityCommittee, and thus, during most of my career, I have been on both the northand south border. A…