Mr. Speaker, as an FBI agent, my job was to keep the
American people safe from all enemies, both foreign and domestic. On the national security front, those components include a sound
counterterrorism strategy, a sound counterintelligence strategy, a
sound cybersecurity strategy, a sound foreign policy, and a sound
border security strategy. Before us today, Mr. Speaker, is the issue of border security, an
issue that, quite frankly, has been largely ignored over the past
several decades by both parties. As a result, our national security
remains compromised at a point in time where we live in a more
dangerous world now than we ever have. When you combine the fact that our enemies are now both more
sophisticated and better funded, coupled with our border security
apparatus which is underfunded, outdated, and compromised, this is a
recipe for disaster for our Nation. The time is now to act on securing
our border: north, south, east, and west--all of its components in all
of our geographic regions. As a member of the Homeland Security Committee, I have spent time on
the border with our brave women and men on the front lines, working
with CPB officers and Border Patrol agents. I have spent time both on
the ocean and in the sky with brave women and men in our Coast Guard. Mr.
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