Honorable Silvestre Reyes
United States Representative, Texas, Democrat
Representative Reyes was first elected to the House ofRepresentatives in 1996. Prior to that, he spent 26 years with the U.S. Border Patrol. He serves on the House Armed Services Committee, the Permanent SelectCommittee on Intelligence, and the Veterans’ Affairs Committee. The followingis excerpted from the September 14, 2006, House floor debate on H.R. 6061, theSecure Fence Act of 2006. As we debate the issue of border security here, as we talkabout an issue that is so vitally important to the American people, I amdisappointed that we can’t seem to work together on this particular issue. Ihave been in Congress…
