The deadline was extended 6 months. and with this appropriation bill. unfortunately. it is extended another 17 months because someone in the other Chamber from a northern border State put language in there to further delay this crucial. crucial program. We cannot afford to keep extending the deadline when our security is at stake. Mr. Speaker. shoe bomber Richard Reed. we all remember him. entered our country on an unsecured visa waiver. This visa waiver program allows 28 countries. their folks. to come into this country with nothing. really. to prove their Identification. He came in with a visa waiver. We have to know who is coming into our country to prevent terrorists from having a free pass. Despite all the improvements made in this appropriations bill. they are meaningless without securing our ports of entry.