JOHN CULBERSON

I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete.

What was I elected for? ... This is a matter of core principle.

The sheriffs are completely outnumbered and outgunned. And we don't have enough border patrol agents.

The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is a real national security emergency, because the border is unprotected.

Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders.

This is not the first time that Mexican authorities have handed over an Arab from a country with known Al Qaeda connections to a local sheriff across the border. FBI picks them up and disappears.

Foreign nationals entering the United States illegally who are taken into custody by the Border Protection Corps or by State or local law enforcement authorities must be promptly delivered to a federal law enforcement authority.

Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State.

Foreign nationals entering the United States illegally who are taken into custody by the Border Protection Corps or by State or local law enforcement authorities must be promptly delivered to a federal law enforcement authority.

The border sheriffs are locally elected. They're accountable. They know the territory and the people. And they can respond the most quickly to what is a real national security emergency, because the border is unprotected.

I'm going to vote in support of the president of the United States in keeping the troops in Iraq until the president and our military is convinced that the mission is complete.

This is not the first time that Mexican authorities have handed over an Arab from a country with known Al Qaeda connections to a local sheriff across the border. FBI picks them up and disappears.

Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State.

Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders.

The sheriffs are completely outnumbered and outgunned. And we don't have enough border patrol agents.

What was I elected for? ... This is a matter of core principle.