It will provide needed funding for a number of unmanned aerial vehicles operating along our southwest border. As we talked about already today. it is amazing that we only have one UAV. unmanned aerial vehicle. which has worked very effectively. butI said we havewe had. because literally that aircraft crashed yesterday morning while serving along that Arizona border. The amendment will provide additional resources for continued construction of the border fencethe fence itself. the physical structurenear San Diego. This first amendment also sets what is a very important standard framework. a fiscal spending framework as we begin debate on this emergency funding bill. The initiative included in the amendment put forward by our side of the aislewe initiated this amendment for the tightening of border securityis paid for in the bill itself. and that is a very important framework which I hope we can continue to use for absolutely necessary emergency spending as we look at the rest of this bill. Securing our borders is the first step for any action we need to take in terms of more comprehensive reform of immigration. an issue we debated for 2 weeks on the floor beginning about a month ago and an issue we will come back to. But border security is first. it is foremost. I feel strongly that we need to look at workplace enforcement and interior enforcement and a temporary worker program as well. and we will come back to that later. But now is the time for us to say forcefully that we are serious about tightening that border. and we will provide the resources. the personnel. and capital infrastructure to do just that.
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