Louie Gohmert: “I do want to hit one point that the gentleman made about the drones. They can help. The television cameras, all of the…”

“I do want to hit one point that the gentleman made about the drones. They can help. The television cameras, all of the sophistication, the technology, can help. The gentleman from Pennsylvania was not here when $8 billion, as I recall, was passed in the House and Senate, signed by the President, and given to protect our southern border for, the terminology I recall, a virtual wall. And that was not a wall but cameras, airplanes, drones, whatever they could get, whatever they needed, whether it was microphones, listening--it was whatever the Secretary of Homeland Security thought appropriate. There was a provision that was added in the Senate that became part of the law that said, if the Secretary of Homeland Security decides that money is not going to accomplish the purpose of securing the border, then she can wave that off and spend the money elsewhere. That is what Secretary Napolitano did, as I recall. She waved it off. I have been trying to find out for a number of years now: Where did that $8 billion go that was supposed to be for this technology that we are hearing from some across the aisle: That is all we need is that? Well, not one single Democrat did I ever hear say: Do you know what? Napolitano shouldn't have waved off a virtual wall. {time} 1515 They agreed that just wasn't going to do it. Secretary Napolitano said that is not going to do it. That is not going to help secure the border.…”