By Jim Ross Lightfoot ——Bio and Archives--October 19, 2011
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“Sec. 218. No funds made available under this Act shall be used to allow the transfer of firearms to agents of drug cartels where law enforcement personnel of the United States do not continuously monitor and control such firearms at all times.”Cutting funding is one of the best tools Congress holds when it comes to controlling agencies and misguided policy. Senator Cornyn took the most expeditious route he had available to end this debacle that has killed two Federal Agents and more than 200 innocent Mexican citizens, not to mention the ruined careers of numerous ATF agents that refused to play along with this illegal operation.
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James R. Lightfoot, Lightfoot Strategies served in Congress six terms, starting in 1985 and retiring in 1997. As Chairman of the Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal and General Government (TPS) of Appropriations, he had jurisdiction over 40% of Federal Law Enforcement (Customs, Secret Service, ATF, FLETC, and IRS enforcement).