Congressional Digest

International Debates Archives February 2010 No. 2 Vol. 8
Honorable John Barrasso

U.S.–Mexico Border Violence

Gun Trafficking and the Fight Against Cartels

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Honorable John Barrasso

United States Senator, Wyoming, Republican

Senator Barrasso was appointed to the U.S. Senate in 2007 and elected in 2008. He serves on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and is the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs. The following is excerpted from Senator Barrasso’s statement during a March 30, 2009, Senate Foreign Relations Committee field hearing in El Paso, Texas, on U.S.-Mexican Border violence. Wyoming, my home state, is not a border state, but what I saw yesterday is very reminiscent of my state in terms of the topography. And in Wyoming, we have very long roads. We have…

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