David Price: “I mainly am confused about exactly what the gentleman is proposing and would like to try to clarify it if I might. The…”

“I mainly am confused about exactly what the gentleman is proposing and would like to try to clarify it if I might. The effort here is to attempt to carve out $5 million for the ICE Mutual Agreement Between Government Employers Program, which he is, I believe, confusing with the Basic Pilot Program. ICE does not administer the Basic Pilot Program. The bill already includes $30 million for CIS to carry out Basic Pilot. And it is indeed a well-regarded program to do exactly the same thing as the gentleman is describing here. But I don't understand the rationale for carving $5 million out of the ICE budget for a program that, as I understand it, would be totally duplicative. So maybe you can clarify.”