Political Quotes

“If I can respond to my friend, it comes from the same trust fund the underlying bill uses. It reallocates the money and does put some more money toward personnel. One of the problems is that there is so much that technology can do. I am exited about the prospects of technology when it comes to 100-percent situational awareness and allowing the Border Patrol to do a good job. But you have to have border patrol who show up and detain people when they come across illegally. My State has the longest border with Mexico--1,200 miles. Arizona has its own challenges. We have our challenges as well. So we do need more personnel. But the part that I would think is sort of baked into the underlying bill is that we also need to separate the legal commerce and tourism that is beneficial to both sides of the border. That is part of why the Customs agents who are included in my amendment are also there as well, the theory being--I think it is a good one--if you identify legitimate commerce and beneficial tourism and separate that from the bad guys, then law enforcement can focus more on the bad guys. That is what my amendment attempts to do. It is no additional money. Mr. McCAIN. You are adding personnel into your version of the bill. The money has to come from somewhere. Where is it coming from? You are saying it is ``reallocated.'' From where is it reallocated?”