Crenshaw Calls on Speaker Johnson to Establish Select Committee on Cartels

Rep. Dan Crenshaw

Representative Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) shared on social media that he has requested Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to establish a Select Committee on Cartels to address the criminal gangs that reside south of America's border. The Texas congressman said that President-elect Donald Trump (R) has an opportunity to work with local Mexican governments to rid the continent of the cartels and their gruesome practices.

"The cartels are an insurgency - mixing organized crime, terrorist acts, and occasional false benevolence to keep the population under control," said Rep. Crenshaw. He would later add that addressing this problem should be a "major priority" for the incoming 119th Congress.

"President Trump has a unique opportunity to work with the new Mexican Administration and defeat the cartels for good. It should be a major priority for Congress too, which is why I’ve asked the Speaker to create a Select Committee on Cartels. Will see if he does it," concluded Crenshaw.

In the past, Rep. Crenshaw has said he would be in favor of deploying the United States military to engage with Mexican cartels as their human and drug trafficking has infiltrated the United States, causing disastrous harm.

In 2023, Crenshaw, along with Representative Mike Waltz (R-FL), penned legislation that would provide the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) against Mexican cartels.

“The cartels are war with us – poisoning more than 80,000 Americans with fentanyl every year, creating a crisis at our border, and turning Mexico into a failed narco-state,” Rep. Crenshaw said. “It’s time we directly target them. My legislation will put us at war with the cartels by authorizing the use of military force against the cartels. We cannot allow heavily armed and deadly cartels to destabilize Mexico and import people and drugs into the United States. We must start treating them like ISIS – because that is who they are.”

Should Crenshaw get his wish, the proposed Select Committee on Cartels could work with President-elect Trump and find a solution to curb the influence and criminality of the Mexican cartels in the future.

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