His leadership on this issue has been absolutely vital to bringing this legislation to the floor today. I certainly also want to thank Chairman SHUSTER and Representative BARLETTA from the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee for working so diligently with us on this particular provision. Lastly. this bill authorizes the Departments Office of Biometric Identity Management. or OBIM as we call it. for the first time. Since 2003. biometrics have been a very important part of the Nations border security efforts. The biometric service OBIM provides is not limited to any one component. It is a department and a governmentwide asset.
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