The Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee has greatly benefited from the experience Commander Bader gained as a Coast Guard officer. in particular his insights into the operations of a complex military organization that is combined with a large domestic agency. He has superb analytical skills that have been critical in our review of a $39 billion budget request and in developing complex spreadsheets that synthesize funding issues into easily understood documents we have used in hearings. closed briefings. in full committee. and on the floor. On the subcommittee. he handled the portfolios for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office. as well as assisted with the Customs and Border Protection and Secret Service portfolios. In this oversight role. Commander Bader was able to obtain timely information when undocumented families who had recently crossed the border during last summers surge were temporarily provided shelter at the training facility in Artesia. NM. He also helped track the daily influx of undocumented children and families to assist the subcommittee in making the most uptodate funding recommendations to address this unforeseen surge. While arguably not a traditional appropriations area. he also put together a subcommittee hearing on trade enforcement issues that showed how lax trade enforcement and current duty collection policies were unfairly hurting some American industries. The hearing highlighted the harm to domestic steel. crawfish. seafood. and honey producers of these illegally dumped goods and commodities on American jobs and the economy at large.
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