Sam Farr: “I think that this last dialogue indicates how much the border is really two-sided, and that we seem to focus solely on…”

First, whoever wrote your statement is wrong on the facts. I was here. This report that was done by the Bush administration was brought to the United States Congress, to the Natural Resources Committee. I was a member. Mr. Pombo was the…

Isn't that part of your role under your responsibility to know?

Our ocean economy generates $360 billion a year, and puts 3 million Americans to work in ocean-related industries.

So here we are going to take all our staff, and you have got to go through double, triple inspection, but Members can walk in here with a weapon and you don't even know if they have it, to get away with it.