Tom Carper actually said...

The purpose, as you know, of this hearing is to examine the merits of S. 1691, the Border Patrol Agent Pay Reform Act.

What I have come to understand is that what happens along our borders is only a symptom of the problem.

I commend that announcement.

The Tester-McCain bill we are examining today will save, we hope--taxpayers money, hopefully a good deal of it.