If there is some technology out there that is proven somewhere else at another place, let us say Europe, why can't we implement some of that technology that would help us stop some of the smuggling coming in?

I would ask you to do the same thing as we asked Chief Fisher, is to evaluate to see if he can send any of those to the Northern or the Southern border.

But why is it that we just can't implement a policy to allow the border sheriffs, the border police departments to work with you?

As I have said before, as Members representing border districts, both yourself and myself, we have areas of common interest, both the Northern border and the Southern border.

I would ask you to please send that instruction down and be a little more aggressive on that.

I am a big believer that the more you can include the local and State folks to do those south-bound, you can catch more of the guns going down.

I certainly want to sit down with the Chairwoman and see how we can make this work the next time so we don't get any surprises at the very end.

I think that would be helpful.

I think the support that we have gotten thus far has been tremendous.

Imagine if that would happen to Austin, or Laredo, or whatever your town--if one quarter of your businesses were shut down because of violence imagine what would happen to the economics.

the solution, however, goes well beyond securing our borders.