Session #109 · 2005–07

Speech #1090123177

The amendment that Homeland Security Chairman GREGG is offering this afternoon provides $1.9 billion1.9 billionin real dollars for our aging border security infrastructure. As ranking member on the Homeland Security Subcommittee. I support that funding. It provides $120 million for fencing and tactical border infrastructure. including an additional $20 million for the fence being constructed in San Diego. It provideshear me. nowS790 million for new helicopters. fixedwing aircraft. UAVs. and the facilities to house and maintain them. It provides $60 million for replacement vehicles for our border and immigration personnel. It provides over $150 million for communications equipment and sensors and cameras and other technology along our border. That aint all. either.
Keywords matched
border security immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
ROBERT BYRD
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
WV
Gender
M
Date
2006-04-07
Speech ID
1090123177
Paragraph
#1
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