Thank you. Mr. Chairman, thank you very much for allowing me to be able to push this line of questioning, and I really appreciate it.

I would like to explore around the margins how we could maybe convey that risk to the private sector.

The surcharge is the same for maintenance, no matter what agency and location?

What I am trying to figure out is, obviously there are lots of issues here why this did not come together, but this is a lesson in the slowness of government, the bureaucracy of the process.

the White House and the Department of Homeland Security released a press release yesterday to talk about what is happening on the border currently, especially on our southwest land border. I wanted to read just one line from the press…

years ago--talking like 15, maybe 18 years ago--I was speaking in a town in Oklahoma, and my daughter wanted to go with me, which was great. So we took off. I had reserved a hotel. And so we get there. We were going to stay overnight. And…

I also appreciate the off-the-shelf focus, to say if there is some technology that already exists to do this then let's invest our dollars in other areas.

Yes, that is very helpful. Thanks for the progress on that, but we obviously still have a little bit of progress to go on it.

Yes, that is very helpful. Thanks for the progress on that, but we obviously still have a little bit of progress to go on it.

A lot of the folks that are coming are non-Spanish speakers.

Yes, it has been helpful.

Yes, it has been helpful.

USCIS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and CBP, their systems do not necessarily all talk to each other in moments that they need to be able to talk to each other.

A lot of the folks that are coming are non-Spanish speakers.

I also appreciate the off-the-shelf focus, to say if there is some technology that already exists to do this then let's invest our dollars in other areas.

USCIS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and CBP, their systems do not necessarily all talk to each other in moments that they need to be able to talk to each other.

Yes, it has been helpful.

Yes, that is very helpful. Thanks for the progress on that, but we obviously still have a little bit of progress to go on it.

I also appreciate the off-the-shelf focus, to say if there is some technology that already exists to do this then let's invest our dollars in other areas.

USCIS, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and CBP, their systems do not necessarily all talk to each other in moments that they need to be able to talk to each other.

A lot of the folks that are coming are non-Spanish speakers.

debt is front and center in the national conversation again. That is entirely reasonable. We have a debt ceiling conversation right now about America taking care of our debts and our responsibilities, which we are a responsible nation, and…

That is a massive issue, and it is a big issue for us in rural Oklahoma.

Exceptionally important to be able to get out there--all of us deal with this.

That is a massive issue, and it is a big issue for us in rural Oklahoma.