Silvestre Reyes: “I am asking you to support and fully fund the efforts started under the Merida Initiative.”

If we walk away from the F-35 program, we simply won't be able to project power in many areas of the world in the future.

We need more money for border infrastructure, not less. The $140 million that Congress authorized is insufficient to meet the needs along our borders, much less to meet the needs of corridors throughout this Nation.

What we need to do now is identify what tools these veterans need to fight the enemy within.

By increasing the number of frontline inspectors, Customs and Border Protection can devote the manpower necessary to interdict those individuals who would seek to do us harm.