I yield myself such time as I may consume. Building on the comments of my good friend and my chairman. I can attest to all of the cooperation. having spent 261/2 years in the Border Patrol. to all of the cooperation since the creation of Joint Task Force 6. which was headquartered in my district. now Joint Task Force North. The number of projects and programs that the Department of Defense provides support to both State. local. and Federal agencies. and in specific consortium projects such as building roads. building infrastructure support such as strategic fencing in certain parts of the border area. that greatly acts as a barrier and as a force multiplier for our Border Patrol agents. So there are many. many things that the Department of Defense is doing and has done that provide that kind of support to the Department of Homeland Security. formerly Border Patrol and INS. I know in the next amendment we are going to be debating the issue of giving the Secretary the flexibility to send troops on the border. and I just want to state here in anticipation of leading the debate on that issue. as a Member that represents a border district. we do not need troops on the border. Sufficient support is already coming from the Department of Defense.
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