Congress should cut cane along the Rio Grande to help CBP prevent cartels from hiding.

Michael Cloud · Texas · Republican

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Occurrences

Congress should cut cane along the Rio Grande to help CBP prevent cartels from hiding.

Calls for clearing cane along the Rio Grande as an enforcement measure.

Border Security - Cloud for Congress | Michael Cloud
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Congress should also cut cane along the Rio Grande to help CBP prevent cartels from hiding

Calls for clearing cane along the Rio Grande to aid border patrol operations.

Border Security - Cloud for Congress | Michael Cloud
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Evidence

"Congress should cut cane along the Rio Grande to help CBP prevent cartels from hiding."

Cloud's campaign material explicitly made the carrizo cane removal promise.

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Border Security - Cloud for Congress | Michael Cloud
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Mr. Roy, for himself and others including Mr. Cloud, introduced H.R. 1707. The bill states DHS shall "permanently eradicate certain foliage that grows along the Rio Grande river."

Cloud backed a concrete bill that would erase foliage along the Rio Grande, matching the campaign promise.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R. 1707 - Border Visibility and Security Act
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The compilation is marked "Amended Through Public Law 118-50, Enacted April 24, 2024," which is the enacted version of the FY2024 supplemental measure that included border-security provisions; the Congressional Record text for H.R. 815 includes "SEC. 1112. ERADICATION OF CARRIZO CANE AND SALT CEDAR."

By April 24, 2024, Congress had enacted a law containing the carrizo cane eradication provision, showing the policy was ultimately delivered.

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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 | GovInfo Statute Compilation
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Assessments

delivered same_term

The promise called for congressional action to remove cane along the Rio Grande to reduce cartel concealment. The evidence shows Cloud supported H.R. 1707 in 2021, which directly targeted eradication of foliage along the Rio Grande, and Congress later enacted a FY2024 law containing a specific carrizo cane and salt cedar eradication provision by April 24, 2024. Because the promised policy outcome was enacted during the same congressional service period, this is fulfilled rather than merely attempted.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 88%