We are leaving out a key element of this. I, too, trust our Border Patrol agents. They are underpaid and overworked. I do not trust this White House. This has four words added to it: ``or across State lines.'' That is what is currently happening. It needs to stop, Mr. Chair. That is the bottom line. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. Burchett). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
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