But you are not doing it. Here is what you did. You have gotten radios out there for the rural fire departments. They can't talk to each other.

Has that statistic changed now? Does the Mexican border have more?

And that criteria is a narrow call, and it seems to me--I really appreciate the response on the ice storms, but we had fire, just the opposite, heat this summer in California.

Mexico and Canada are our number one trading partners and California is the sixth largest economy in the world

It certainly should have a benefit to you and to getting more communications in the underserved areas, is it not?

Are we building a fence across the northern border?

So can we get these agencies to include DHS in the discussion of broadband expansion in America?

I can't stand having to give up my bottle of water, my shaving cream, shampoo every time I go to the airport

I plan to offer legislation to give OEC greater prominence.

If they are not in the queue, how do they get there? It is of keen interest to this committee.

But knowing that, from a risk management standpoint, are we providing the same kind of detection and detail to the Canadian border as we are to the Mexican border?

My question to you is, will you ensure that this program remains the centerpiece for education of emerging homeland security leaders and--that can grow to meet the challenges of FEMA and the Nation that we are confronting not only here but…