I do not have any assurance that money is going to be included. We do not have any assurance it will be. The President only requested $37 million, I believe it was, in his supplemental, out of $27 billion; $35 million for border security--I mean, for the INS. So there we are.
Discussing funding concerns related to border security and INS during a floor speech.
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