President. I thank the Senator for bringing this issue before the Senate. Yesterday the Senator from Nevada and I were in attendance at a hearing of the Armed Services Committee chaired by Senator WARNER. with the Secretary of the Army. the Chief of the National Guard. the lieutenant general of the Army. and the Chief of the Border Patrol. What we saw was the coming together of a complete unit. a complete unit to secure our border and build an orderly process on the border. What the Senator from Nevada speaks to tonight is a reality that is very doable. and it is done in the normal activity of the summer training of our Guard. The Senator knows that we are not putting Guardsmen out on the front lines. They will facilitate those of the Border Patrol who are the frontline officers in this defensive securing mechanism that we will call the southwestern border of our country. So I thank the Senator for bringing this to the floor. It is critical and important.
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