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It is zero. It is zero, Mr. Secretary.

I see it as a lack of meaningful work to address the retention challenges.

I guess my biggest question is, when you look at 19,000 staff Border Patrol agents, which is what we have right now, funded for 19,800, 800 of those positions are currently open.

I think that when you look at that added stress and anxiety-inducing situation, I think that there may be room for improvement there.

What I am happy to do is work with the Members of this Committee and others to pass the Farm Workforce Modernization Act (117th Congress--H.R. 1603), which could have solved this problem, Congressman.

I see this as a complete failure. What will it take?

I think it would certainly help if we didn't have defund-the-police rhetoric around the country as well, because law enforcement is struggling.

So when you are coming to us and saying you need more Border Patrol agents, the policies of this administration have truly affected retention for CBP.

Is this what CBP is telling you they need to be able to secure the border and provide that operational security?

Your budget request, I believe you have $77.4 million for border management staffing.

We have to control this mass flow of illicit drugs through our systems, and I think some of it is on increasing penalties for traffickers in our homeland.

I think consistency is the biggest challenge here, right. We want to make sure that every veteran can count on the same process, no matter what airport they are flying through.

Myself and many other individuals warned that prices would go up, that premiums would go up with the passage of the Affordable Care Act

One of the biggest errors was in the establishment of Medicare, Medicare having different reimbursement for different States rather than a single reimbursement for a single procedure or a single visit

This is unfair, it is unjustified, and yet President Biden made no mention whatsoever that I know of about the new tariff when he had the chance.

I do not understand your equivocation over whether or not these agreements ought to be submitted to Congress.

This is unfair, it is unjustified, and yet President Biden made no mention whatsoever that I know of about the new tariff when he had the chance.

If you do not let the Mexican Government know right now that you are going to institute that, you are going to continue these conversations for the 2 years that they have already gone on.