Honorable John F. Kerry
United States Senator, Massachusetts, Democrat
Senator Kerry was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1984. He chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The following is excerpted from Senator Kerry’s statement during a March 30, 2009, Senate Foreign Relations Committee field hearing in El Paso, Texas, on U.S.-Mexican Border violence. I think all of us, it is safe to say, have been deeply shocked by the brutal attacks occurring just a stone’s throw across the Rio Grande from where we are sitting this morning. Policemen, soldiers, and innocent bystanders are being killed by drug cartels armed with high-powered weapons, the vast majority of which appear…
