Adding CBP officers is necessary to enhance security, facilitate legitimate trade and travel, and reduce wait times at our ports of entry.

At the hearing, we discussed my concerns about CBP staffing levels.

if we are able to pass immigration reform, that, in itself, will help make the border more secure.

communities like El Paso, that I represent, are willing to commit resources, millions of dollars from local tax payers

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to remember William Brown McIlvaine, III, a naval flight officer from El Paso, Texas, who led an exemplary life. Lieutenant Junior Grade McIlvaine died last month during a training flight when his Prowler airplane…

I realize I don't have much time left, but I will say, if you could share that information with communities like ours, I think you will already find us willing partners.

We would not be the city we are but for the hard work that the men and women of the Border Patrol perform each and every day, and that is part of the reason we are the safest city in the United States 3 years running.

I would just, you know, add my own input that this is critical for us, for them, for morale, and to ensure the protection of our borders and our way of life, especially in communities like El Paso.

I want to thank Mr. Judd and Congressman Barber for organizing the briefing held yesterday to give Members of Congress and their staffs, their teams a better understanding of what you do, the agents that you represent, what their…

I realize the sequester forces some short-term decisions that are very painful. No one likes sequester.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank the members of the panel and the men and women who work in the agencies that you represent for the work that all of you do, work that is critical in ensuring that El Paso remains the country's…