We can’t ask [DHS] to deal with cybersecurity, to deal with disaster response, to deal with securing the border, and then at the same time put another unnecessary federal regulation on this agency. That, to me, is asinine, our primary mission is securing the people of this country.

Michael Guest

We’re not talking about securing the border, we’re not talking about doing what we can to protect the border communities, we’re not talking about the $20 billion that the immigrants who have come across over this administration is costing the taxpayers of the government. Instead, we’re talking about a climate change bill, we need to be focused on our primary mission.

Could you walk me through and explain to me the reason for decline in the CBP budget request, the lack of additional funding for Border Patrol agents, the lack of funding for CBP agents and the rationale behind no additional wall funding when the governor of Texas thinks it is very important, to the point he has already committed $250 million of taxpayer money from the people of Texas to build additional wall?