The violence that follows in the wake of drug trafficking has spilled over our borders.
Drugs continue to disrupt American life and destroy American lives.
Senator Hutchison is working with the administration and a bipartisan congressional group to revise the certification process so it focuses less on individual countries and more on specific opportunities for cooperation that get results. Overlooking the obvious won't solve this problem. Today's decision affirms that the Mexican government is cooperating, but they must still do more. If a country is decertified it may be subject to a number of U.S. sanctions including U.S. opposition to loans from international lending institutions. We're only going to win this war by looking the truth square in the eye.