Martha McSally

Congresswoman McSally has been very supportive of that effort, and we thank you for that.

Local law enforcement, business and community leaders, ranchers and residents--those I represent and have met with and spoken to on countless occasions--have a different perspective.

The truth is that the border is not as secure as it needs to be.

There seems to be a deep disconnect between what some politicians and policymakers in Washington, DC say about our current situation to secure the border and what I hear on a daily basis back here at home.

When it comes to catching them, that is the biggest obstacle.

I mean, I have constantly talked about some technologies that have come out of the University of Arizona.

It is still up to a year-and-a-half. Oh, my gosh. All right. Get on that.

I think this is an artificial number. I mean, this is sort of ageism in some regard.

To me should not be in the same category.

Douglas will be in the upcoming plan. We recognize that as one of the top infrastructure needs.

The Douglas port of entry has needed modernization for many years.

The infrastructure is a main facilitator or barrier to that.

We have heard several anecdotal horror stories of decorated combat veterans who, for some reason, were unable to pass this polygraph.

I would love to coordinate with you to possibly have a hiring hub be a part of that.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's job is to make sure the passengers and cargo that power our economy keep moving while keeping bad things and bad people out of the country.

The Honorable Martha McSally, a Representative in Congress From the State of Arizona, and Chairman, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security:

It is in the black hole between the agency and Congress, got it.

I applaud you for this because being from South Carolina, we are about as far away from the Southern and Northern Border as you can imagine, but we fully understand the threats that are opposed to this Nation that could come across, not…

I am extremely interested in moving along projects, whether it is improvements or expansions of the existing port or building a new port altogether.

I applaud efforts to address these shortfalls, through massive re-training efforts and security protocol revisions.

I look forward to following up with all of you on some of the other questions on how we can be more helpful as specifically related to my trip to Afghanistan as well.

I believe we need a conditional-based replacement not a time-based replacement; that we shouldn't be putting any more of these in the boneyard until the fly-off is done and A-X [A-10 replacement aircraft] is developed; and we make sure…

We don't need to be hyperbolizing. We don't need to be over- or under-addressing this. It needs to be based on facts.

We need to know situational awareness. We need to know operational control, like, of what we can see, what can we intercept, and then how much can we just not see?

Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.