I am advocating for more and more resources to come to the border.

I want to express how much the subcommittee appreciates the contribution of the Guard and Reserve Components and want to recognize that they are maintained at a fraction of the cost of the regular military.

the Budget Control Act of 2011 will likely result in a substantial cut to the DOD base budget in FY 2012, perhaps as much as $26 billion.

We appreciate your service, and thank you for joining us here today.

the proposed FY [fiscal year] 2012 budget request would allow us to maintain the high-quality Reserve forces that we have today.

I am asking you to support and fully fund the efforts started under the Merida Initiative.

I cannot say enough about the job that President Calderon has done in partnership with us.

the Border Patrol is not an integral component of our Nation's border security strategy.

the 2010 supplemental border security funding bill provides an illustration of how port security often plays second fiddle to security between the ports.

the increased attention that Congress and this and previous administrations has directed towards Border Patrol has left the agency responsible for security at the ports of entry, Customs and Border Protection, coming up short in the chase…

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.