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Miller, Candice - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
AN ALL-STAR PANEL OF WITNESSES HERE THIS MORNING. MICHAEL FISHER WHO IS THE CHIEF OF THE UNITED STATES BORDER PATROL, KEVIN MCALEENAN, ACTING ASSIST...
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| 00:08:57 |
Jackson Lee, Sheila - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
I TOO AM PLEASED TO ACKNOWLEDGE NEW MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE AND WELCOME THEM AS WELL. BUT LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF OUR MEMBERS OF OUR COMMITTEE. REPRESENTATIVE...
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| 00:16:07 |
Thompson, Bennie - U.S. Representative, [D] Mississippi
MS. JACKSON LEE, LOOK FORWARD TO THIS HEARING. SOME OF THESE WITNESSES, I HAVEN'T SEEN IN QUITE A WHILE. GOOD SEEING YOU. TODAY'S SUBCOMMITTEE IS...
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| 00:21:02 |
Miller, Candice - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
HE WE ARE SO PLEASED TO HAVE THE DISTINGUISHED PANEL THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US. I WILL READ YOUR BIO AND THEN WE'LL START WITH CHIEF FISHER. MICHAEL FISHER...
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| 00:22:45 |
Fisher, Michael J. - Chief
THOMPSON AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE, IT IS A PRIVILEGE AND AN HONOR TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU TODAY TO DISCUSS THE WORK THAT BORDER...
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| 00:28:28 |
McAleenan, Kevin - Assistant Commissioner
MEMBER JACKSON LEE AND RANKING MEMBER THOMPSON. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR BEFORE YOU. I APPRECIATE THE LEADERSHIP TO ENSURE THE SECURITY...
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| 00:33:48 |
Lee, William "Dean" D. - Deputy
LEE. I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TO BE HERE TO DISCUSS THE COAST GUARD'S ROLE AS LEAD AGENCY IN COMBATING OUR BORDER SECURITY THREATS WITHIN OUR COUNTRY'S...
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| 00:38:21 |
Gambler, Rebecca - Director
FISCAL YEAR 2011, CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION SPENT OVER $4 MILLION TO SECURE THE U.S. SOUTHWEST BORDER. BORDER PATROL REPORTED APPREHENDING 327,000...
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| 00:43:20 |
Rosenblum, Marc R. - Specialist
CHAIRMAN MILLER'S OPENING STATEMENT AND SEVERAL OF THE WITNESSES HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE DIVERSITY OF THREATS AND HOW WE ASSESS THOSE RISKS. MY TESTIMONY...
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| 00:48:51 |
Miller, Candice - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
ALL OF YOU, ALL THE WITNESSES FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND I'M SORT OF STRUCK AS I WAS LISTENING TO YOU ALL THAT ON THIS SIDE OF THE TABLE WE HAVE FRONTLINERS...
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| 00:51:38 |
Gambler, Rebecca - Director
SURE. THE DATA THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, CHAIRWOMAN MILLER, ARE FOR THE TUCSON SECTOR IN PARTICULAR. IN LOOKING AT FISCAL YEAR 2006 TO 2011, THE APPREHENSION...
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| 00:53:38 |
Fisher, Michael J. - Chief
CHIEF. >> I'D BE HAPPY TO. 90% WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE EVERYWHERE. LET ME GIVE YOU A PARTICULAR AREA OF THE BORDER, AND YOU CAN PICK A PARTICULAR SPOT,...
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| 00:56:26 |
Jackson Lee, Sheila - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
BE PUT IN THE RECORD. >> WITHOUT OBJECTION. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT THE DOCUMENT THAT I HAVE HERE, STATEMENT WRITTEN BY THE ACLU...
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| 00:57:18 |
Gambler, Rebecca - Director
I THINK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO ASSIGN A GRADE BECAUSE D.H.S. AND THE BORDER PATROL IN PARTICULAR HAVE NOT ESTABLISHED GOALS AND MEASURES FOR DEFINING...
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| 00:59:39 |
Fisher, Michael J. - Chief
THE PORTS OF ENTRY, FOR INSTANCE, WHEN WORKERS ARE OUT WORKING IN THE CANYON WELL, DON'T HAVE A LOT OF ADVANCED INFORMATION ON HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE COMING...
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| 01:01:39 |
McAleenan, Kevin - Assistant Commissioner
TAKE MITIGATION ACTION AS CHIEF FISHER ALLUDED TO AS WELL. IT WOULD HAVE A SIG -- IT WOULD ADD TO THE WAIT TIME TO MOVE GOODS. >> WE ARE GOING
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| 01:01:58 |
Lee, William "Dean" D. - Deputy
TO -- IT WILL AFFECT OUR SEARCH AND RESCUE. >> WE MAY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SECOND ROUND OF QUESTIONS, WE'LL SEE HOW WE DO WITH TIME. AT THIS TIME...
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| 01:02:15 |
Thompson, Bennie - U.S. Representative, [D] Mississippi
CHAIR. A NUMBER OF US FOR QUITE A WHILE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET A COMPREHENSIVE BORDER STRATEGY AND WE'VE TRIED TO ENCOURAGE THE DEPARTMENT TO COME...
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| 01:02:53 |
Fisher, Michael J. - Chief
HOMELAND SECURITY REVIEW THAT SET THE TEMPLATE. LAST YEAR, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SUB MIED THEIR STRATEGY FOR 2012 AND 2016. AND WE DID OURS...
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| 01:04:43 |
Gambler, Rebecca - Director
DURING THE COURSE OF OUR REVIEW, WE DID NOT SPECIFICALLY LOOK AT THE BORDER CONDITION INDEX. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT'S UNDER DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT....
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| 01:06:20 |
Lee, William "Dean" D. - Deputy
YES, SIR, IF YOU'RE ADDRESSING THAT TO THE COAST GUARD, BOTTOM LINE IS, WHEN WE HAVE TO TAKE A CORRESPONDING CUT IN OPERATIONS, WE'RE TAKING PEOPLE...
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| 01:07:42 |
Duncan, Jeff - U.S. Representative, [R] South Carolina
BORDER SECURITY AND IMMIGRATION. I JUST POINT TO AN A.P. STORY ON FEBRUARY 4 THAT REPORTS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO SAYING, QUOTE, I BELIEVE THE BORDER...
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| 01:10:06 |
Fisher, Michael J. - Chief
DO. SO IN 2012, FOR INSTANCE, YOU MENTIONED A LITTLE OVER 350,000 APPREHENSIONS ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER. THAT REPRESENTED INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE...
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| 01:11:50 |
Lee, William "Dean" D. - Deputy
INVALUABLE AND INDISPENSABLE TOOL SO WE KNOW WHERE TO PUT OUR RESOURCES AND TARGET THEM FOR THE END GAME INTERDICTION. >> YOU GOT A LOT OF SQUARE...
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| 01:12:19 |
Fisher, Michael J. - Chief
MOVEMENT? >> C.D.P. IS GETTING BET WE ARE THAT COORDINATION. WE HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION NOW TO BE TABLE TO -- TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT AIR SPACE TO MOVE...
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| 01:13:00 |
O'Rourke, Beto - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO SUBMIT THE STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL TREASURY ME -- EMPLOYEES UNION AND A STATEMENT BY THE BORDER TRADE ALLIANCE INTO THE RECORD....
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| 01:15:39 |
Fisher, Michael J. - Chief
COMMITTEE'S SUPPORT AND OTHERS WE HAVE RECEIVED UNPRECEDENTED RESOURCES BOTH IN TERMS OF BORDER PATROL AGENTS AND TECHNOLOGY. AND THERE ARE MORE SECTIONS...
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| 01:16:08 |
McAleenan, Kevin - Assistant Commissioner
WITH INADMISSIBLES, OUR COUNTERNARCOTICS MISSION, AND OUR EFFORTS AGAINST TERRORISM. >> COMMISSIONER, COULD I ASK YOU TO REACH THE CONCLUSION THAT...
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| 01:19:22 |
Barletta, Louis "Lou" J - U.S. Representative, [R] Pennsylvania
MAYOR OF A CITY THAT HAS 2,000 MILES AWAY FROM THE NEAREST SOUTHERN BORDER. WE HAVE AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION PROBLEM, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN I WAS...
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| 01:21:20 |
McAleenan, Kevin - Assistant Commissioner
WE'RE ASSUMING THIS INDIVIDUAL IS NOT KNOWN TO THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A POTENTIAL TERRORIST? >> THAT'S CORRECT. >> THAT'S...
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| 01:24:11 |
Gabbard, Tulsi - U.S. Representative, [D] Hawaii
GABBERED. DISEASE MS. GABARD. -- MS. GABBARD. >> AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, WE FAY UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN HAWAII THAN MANY -- THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT THAN...
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| 01:25:36 |
Lee, William "Dean" D. - Deputy
OUTSTANDING WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR PARTNERS AT PACIFIC COMMAND. WE HAVE CROSS TALKS AT THE ADMIRAL RAY LEVEL ROUTINELY, WE ARE WATCHING AS IS THE...
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| 01:29:13 |
McAleenan, Kevin - Assistant Commissioner
THANK YOU, AND YES, BEING ORIGINALLY FROM HAWAII, I'M KEENLY AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM ON THE ISLANDS. WITH THE SEQUESTRATION...
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| 01:30:31 |
Cuellar, Henry - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND RANKING MEMBER THOMPSON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE AS A COUNTRY, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS WE NEED TO DO IS SECURE THE...
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| 01:35:34 |
Fisher, Michael J. - Chief
OF WHICH CONSULTANTS. I KNOW THAT WITHIN U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTIONS, MR. MARK BORKOSKI HAD TO LEAVE TO HELP STAFF THAT BUT I'M NOT AWARE...
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| 01:36:14 |
Jackson Lee, Sheila - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
THESE POINTS, I THINK THE VIGES FOCUSES MORE ON DRUG CARTELS AND GUN TRAFFICKING AND VARIOUS GUNS AND TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WALKING ON THE BORDER THOUGH...
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| 01:37:39 |
Fisher, Michael J. - Chief
IN TERMS OF OPERATIONAL CONTROL. I KNOW THREE YEARS AGO, I VEHEMENTLY CAME OUT AND SAID, NO, NO OPERATIONAL CONTROL. IT'S NOT BECAUSE I'M AGAINST...
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| 01:39:32 |
Rosenblum, Marc R. - Specialist
SECURITY IN A SYSTEMIC CONTEXT, THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT FLOWS ACROSS THE BORDER, CONCERNED ABOUT ILLEGAL FLOWS THROUGH THE PORT, CONCERNED ABOUT...
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| 01:40:17 |
Duncan, Jeff - U.S. Representative, [R] South Carolina
ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU WORK WITH LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCAL RANCHERS, RANCH SECURITY AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER IN SECURING THE BORDER. >> THANK...
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| 01:40:58 |
Fisher, Michael J. - Chief
IF THE BUSINESS OWN -- IT'S THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT OPERATE IN AND AROUND THE BORDER AS WELL. THEY HAVE A WHOLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF THINGS...
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| 01:42:25 |
Gambler, Rebecca - Director
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANYTHING SPECIFICALLY LIKE THAT BUT LET ME SAY WE DO HAVE SOME ONGOING WORK WE'RE INITIATING TO LOOK AT THE TRUSTED TRAVELER PROGRAMS...
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| 01:42:59 |
Miller, Candice - U.S. Representative, [R] Michigan
HELP. TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE. AS WE TAKE A STEP BACK HERE AND ASK THAT QUESTION AGAIN, WHAT DOES A SECURE BORDER ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE AND HOW DO WE GET...
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