Judd Gregg: “I find that to be entirely inconsistent and unsupportable, first, from the testimony of the Department's lower level…”

“I find that to be entirely inconsistent and unsupportable, first, from the testimony of the Department's lower level individuals--who are in charge of these agencies--before the Appropriations subcommittee which I chaired at the time, specifically, the Director of the Border Patrol, Mr. Bonner, who made it very clear he needed 20,000 border agents; and, secondly, the fact they had let a contract which has in it significantly more numbers in the area of virtual fencing towers than are in this bill. If they did not need those, why did they have a contract which calls for them? So I think on its face the representation of that proposal may be that is what they can do in 18 months, but it is not what they need to do for operational control.”