Mr. President. last year when the Senate was considering the national intelligence reform bill. we adopted several recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. One of those recommendations was to hire an additional 2.000 new custom and border protection agents each year for the next 5 years. This body agreed with the recommendation. We agreed that our national security depended on such an investment. and we enacted that recommendation into law. We are now considering the Homeland Security appropriations bill. The bill that was reported out of committee includes funding for 1.000 new agents in the coming fiscal year. I understand there are problems with training 2.000 agents.
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