Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from New Mexico
for yielding. I appreciate her leadership on this issue, and, as a
cosponsor, I rise in strong support of this amendment. Our Customs and Border Patrol officers face a difficult mission in an
extremely challenging environment. Polygraph testing is an important
tool to ensure those charged with patrolling our border are not
corruptible by drug traffickers or other criminal elements. I am sympathetic to the hiring and staffing challenges facing this
agency, but we cannot cut corners or jeopardize the security of our
border. This amendment delays the implementation of this legislation until
CBP can complete its ongoing test of an alternative, more efficient
polygraph test.
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