I appreciate the testimony of the second panel.

I believe that we can, between Border Patrol leadership, Border Patrol Agents, and those that are residents in the border region, we can find where those Venn diagrams overlap.

I think rebuilding the port of entry was a huge first step.

So not a one-size-fits-all----

I think it is about toning down the way that Border Patrol carries itself in our communities and ensuring that we have a much better relationship.

If we don't have folks being recruited from the communities that these agents were sworn to protect, it is very difficult to understand really the historic legacy that borderlands have had.

We are not part of the problem here; we are part of the solution.

Look, this is America, not the Gaza Strip.

we have another one that is addressing the full new threat assessment of the Southern Border, the situational awareness, operational control, just a full fresh threat assessment.

let's make sure if there is an investment in technology, that it has procurement guidelines and oversight and accountability to make sure it is not wasting taxpayers' resources.

I just want to, you know, remind ourselves that, even with the conversation that we have had, our intent needs to be to find where we can better equip these men and women that are out there serving with the guidance, the resources, and the…