Thats the wrong approach. And so just fundamentally this is a difference in policy, its a difference in goal, apparently its a difference in assessment of what mirks military strong and will continue to make it strong. So for those reasons, i have to strongly oppose this amendment. I yield im sorry, i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. Norman this is more liberal gibberish. 1. 4 billion. Tell these young people behind me, you tell them instead of building ships, instead of building airplanes, instead of protecting cyber security, youre going to really pay for transgender operations . Hogwash. You try to make that case to anybody in this room. And they would laugh its so serious they wouldnt laugh. Let me tell you other things im sick and tired of. Feelings. Talk to the military gold star mothers who have lost their childr
Cspan and on the other side of the capital, the senate comes in at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan two and we will watched debate right now on the measure on the fourth year long appropriations bill. I wanted to thank all of our numbers and our witnesses for being here on short nervous notice. We have previously met and taken action on the department of defense appropriations act for fiscal year 2024 and h. R. 4368, the agricultural rural development, f. D. A. Add food and Drug Administration and related agencies appropriation act of fiscal year 2024. Today were building on those actions with testimony on two additional Appropriations Bills. The first ill discuss is h. R. 4367, department of Homeland Security appropriations act for fiscal year 2024. The humanitarian and security crisis no one in this room can deny the humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. U. S. Customs and Border Protection has declared that will over two million Illegal Immigrants have been apprehended
Headquarters during weekends. Our authors will be signing their books at the signing tent on the war memorial plans after this session was you can purchase their books at the Parnassus Book area and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the festival. Our first speaker is daniel sharfstein, a professor of law and history at vanderbilt. He has twice won the loss collapse outstanding professor award. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and before law school he was a journalist. The director of the social justice problem, professor daniel sharfstein. You can hear me in the back . It is wonderful to be here again at the southern festival of books, my hometown book festival. A real honor to be introduced by andy bennett. In a decade plus i have lived in nashville i have presented as an author, been a host and most of all, a member of the audience, sharing this panel with roger hodge gives me the best of all worlds. Love the range of conversations we have at the festival. I look forward t
Testify about technologies theyre using to secure the nations borders, including efforts to combat drug smuggling. The committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on border and Maritime Security will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to examine the role of technology in the nations Border Security efforts. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Border security is a complicated endeavor, because theres no one size fits all solution. Thinking through what it will take to secure the border is the primary responsibility of the three agencies represented by our witnesses today. Border patrol is our Operational Force between the ports of industry, cbps office of Field Operations job is to facilitate legitimate trade and travel while keeping illicit drugs from entering, air and marine is the supporting element. All three of these critical Border Security components rely heavily on technology to accomplish their mission. Indeed, technology is a Crucial Force multiplier
Best use of every single taxpayer dollar, assuring more reliability and predictibility that than a government operating under a continuing resolution. In short it moves our nation forward in the right direction. The bill includes full year funding for the remaining 11 annual Appropriations Bills for defense, infrastructure, health and safety programs through the end of the fiscal year on september 30. As well as critical emergency and defense and Border Security funding requested by the president. In total it provides 1 1. 63 trillion in base and overseas Contingency Operations funding. These levels meet the caps provided by the bipartisan budget act of 2015. This bill makes the senator decisions investing funding where its needed most. Rebuilding our military, securing our borders, and bolstering Economic Growth, getting people back to work. First and foremost and most importantly, this bill prioritizes funding for national defense, restoring the strength and capacity of our armed for