Mr. President. my amendment would increase the number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers by 275. This would bring the total of new U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in this bill to 1.000. In my State of Texas. the Customs and Border Protection officers are assigned in the Houston region are responsible for the seaports along the Texas coast from Port Arthur to the Port of Corpus Christi. Some of these officers are also assigned to Houstons George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The CBP officers work at the Port of Houston in the morning and leave the port in the afternoon to go work at the Houston Intercontinental Airport. Sharing these U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers between port duties and airport duties is unacceptable. With increased security demands being placed on our Nations ports and the desire to increase the number of containers inspected as they enter the United States. local port officials have long expressed the need for additional personnel in order to carry out the tasks that are so critical to our Nations economy. With an unprecedented 11 million containers entering the United States annually. cargo doesnt stop when there isnt a Customs agent there to inspect the incoming shipments.
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