Consideration of this legislation today
provides us with the opportunity to take a moment to not only
acknowledge the contributions of the 240,000 men and women who serve at
the Department but to consider what DHS does on a daily basis. On any given day, the Transportation Security Administration screens
2 million air passengers and 1 million bags. The Federal Protective
Service protects 1.4 million people who visit and work in Federal
buildings. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection screens 282,000
vehicles, 72,000 truck, rail, and maritime containers. The U.S. Coast
Guard seizes and removes over 1,000 pounds of drugs and saves more than
10 lives in search and rescue operations daily.
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