Today beginning at 1:00 PM Congressman Matt Gaetz will convene a Western Hemisphere field hearing at the National Museum of Naval Aviation. The Board of County Commissioners Chairmen from each of the Panhandle Counties are all invited to participate, as are several law enforcement and legal professionals from the region and also from around the nation. From Congressman Gaetz's office:
"The purpose of this event is to engage in meaningful
discussion relating to drug trafficking and terrorism in the Western
Hemisphere. Congressman Gaetz would like to specifically examine some of the
following topics during the panel discussions:
- Effective implementation of policy and proper
allocation of resources to support drug interdiction efforts and combat
terrorism in the Western Hemisphere
- Collaboration of Venezuelan officials with Hezbollah
and Venezuela’s support of terrorism
- Hezbollah integration with criminal networks in South
America
- Hezbollah fundraising in the South American region
- The role and resources of Northwest Florida and
capabilities to support
- Operations in the Gulf of Mexico related to
transnational organized crime
- Identifying and targeting major trafficking
organizations and corridors for illicit drug exports to the United States
Congressman Gaetz’s goals are to identify main threats,
receive recommendations to target those threats, and to develop and execute a
plan on how Congress can assist in combating and eliminating those
threats."
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