I would point out that $125 million is what we are requesting to be taken from TSA. TSA has a budget of over $4 billion. and $125 million represents less than 3 percent. I would also point out that over 450 miles exist of border. and we have 13.000 Border Patrol agents. and yet we have 43.000 employees in TSA to do screening. I am telling the American people that we have underfunded consistently for the last decades. the last 30. 40. 50 years. the efforts that are needed on the southern border. and today is not the day to find 3 percent to be an onerous fee. I sat on the Transportation Committee and watched some of the elements two terms ago.
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