the ranking member on the house weighs and means committee. good to see you again. thanks for coming in. thank you. paul: so you re not from the border. you re from a district between houston and dallas. you know the politics of immigration and the reality. is there a border crisis down there now? you know, i think it has become one, yes. i m from the eastern region. we bear the brunt of the problems at the border. number one reason for sex and human trafficking, a lot of ms-13 gang violence, we see the impact back home. we do think there s a major problem here and i think it does need more resources. the president s asking for one-tenter hatenth of 1%, not jr the wall and barrier but for agents and to deal with the humanitarian issues we have. he s showing flexibility in how we achieve that. it s time to find common ground here. this can t be that hard. and reopen the government as we do it. paul: if the democrats decide we re not giving him a dime for anything called a
the ranking member on the house weighs and means committee. good to see you again. thanks for coming in. thank you. paul: so you re not from the border. you re from a district between houston and dallas. you know the politics of immigration and the reality. is there a border crisis down there now? you know, i think it has become one, yes. i m from the eastern region. we bear the brunt of the problems at the border. number one reason for sex and human trafficking, a lot of ms-13 gang violence, we see the impact back home. we do think there s a major problem here and i think it does need more resources. the president s asking for one-tenter hatenth of 1%, not jr the wall and barrier but for agents and to deal with the humanitarian issues we have. he s showing flexibility in how we achieve that. it s time to find common ground here. this can t be that hard. and reopen the government as we do it. paul: if the democrats decide we re not giving him a dime for anything called a