Sam Farr: “I'm just sorry that my colleague and good friend wasn't on the border with us, because he would have heard from the…”

“I'm just sorry that my colleague and good friend wasn't on the border with us, because he would have heard from the mayors. And I'm also kind of shocked at the statements here that this is what the American people want. Who do you think these people along the border are? They're on our side of the border. They're our communities, they're our city councils, they're our mayors. And if this were any other Federal entity coming into your hometown and saying that you don't have to tell anybody about what you're doing or consult with them or get any cooperation, you're going to have border failure. This is the community that supports the homes of the Border Patrol, supports the children of the families that protect the border, and you're saying that they, with removing this language, the chairman was very astute in pointing out that the administration has not asked for this. This language does not allow any veto. It allows for a consultation process. And that's absolutely essential, because if you don't have that, you're going to have those mayors coming back here and city council persons and saying, What the hell are you doing building this without talking to us? We're going to try to stop it. And they'll try to file lawsuits and things like that. So if this border is going to work, it's a living border. My frustration is that we're all paying attention only to one side.”