Xavier Becerra: “This bill does not try to mistreat our employees, the men and women who place themselves in harm's way every day to…”

“This bill does not try to mistreat our employees, the men and women who place themselves in harm's way every day to defend this country against terrorism, who try to interdict the drugs that many would have come into our country, and it treats them the way they should be treated, with respect, when it comes to their employment status, their salary, their working conditions. Those previous versions of the bill which would have harmed our Customs men and women are not in this bill, and that is good. We also give Customs the tools it needs to be able to fight terrorism, to fight narcotics that would come into this country, and that is good as well. But for some reason this bill continues to include 2 provisions which under our Constitution would harm Americans, and that is bad. There is no reason why we should tell an American citizen that he or she is suspect simply because they happen to reside in this country and wish to send a piece of mail abroad.”