Is one that i have a lot of interest in. I want to make sure were getting it right. Because ive been out in major cities and ive seen the end use that is being made with regard to our grant money. For example, and in phoenix, the super bowl, three days before the super bowl i looked at our op center, the joint op center, state, federal, local, the fire chief was anxious to point out to me every single piece of communications equipment, every camera, every tv screen you see was funded by the department of Homeland Security. Through our grant making. A lot of the things that you see on scene at the Boston Marathon bombing, the first responders, a lot of the equipment they used the vehicles were funded by our department. So ive seen the end uses of uasi grant money, the state grant money. One of the reasons i know how valuable it is, because i hear from state and local officials about the importance of this to them. And so its something i know i want to be sure we get right. I think given
Extent there is a free sample you would get, and we know from interviewing travelers that many of them that have had the opportunity to experience expedited screening through management inclusion and Risk Assessment rules have subsequent subsequently applied for the program. So its all subjective, its not negative. We are going to leave the rest of this hearing at this point to go live to capitol hill where Homeland Security secretary jeh johnson will be testifying on the 2016 budget address fwr brbefore the subcommittee. California democrat lucille reybald allard is ranking chair. An increase of 1. 7 billion above fiscal year 2015. Mr. Secretary there is a lot to like in this request. And i have some concerns, too but for the First Time Since ive been chairman, im pleased with many of the recommendations in your request. The request prioritizes dhss front lines and personnel. It doesnt include unauthorized fees as an offset and complies with the law of funding 34,040 detention beds. W
Request for i. C. E. Includes sufficient funds for the 34,040 detention beds required under law, and youve done away with many of the unauthorized fees the department previously proposed to offset critical security spending. While this budget submission is indeed a vast improvement over those weve seen in the past, it does not mean that i am left without concerns. First, and probably most important, i question whether this request constitutes a realistic funding level. Unfortunately, the president s budget request governmentwide is billions of dollars above the level of our committee that we will ultimately be allocated to support spending. The president knows our doa here in congress. Thats not responsible budgeting. And i question whether your recommended level is possible given all of the domestic priorities at stake. Second, the president s executive order on immigration remains, as the chairman has said, the elephant in the room. The president s unilateral action demonstrates inte
You may have seen a spirited reply to the letter which is worth looking at. One of the issues which is a arisen of course in congress over the last couple of weeks, including with the visit with netanyahu is that it probably has made it rather more in congress than it was previously. That also changes the dynamic as far as the United States is concerned. The foreign secretary said, we have made some progress in the negotiations, i think there is a willingness on both sides to try to reach a deal, but the obstacles are still formidable. These are about Big Decisions which are going to have to be reached primarily by iranian colleagues, about the future of their nuclear industry, and the amount they have invested in it. Those are difficult decisions. And as the foreign secretary said, there are still a number of them which are critical to success on which we do not have movement. So as just said we go into the negotiations in the next round of negotiations with the degree of optimism, bu
Were focusing the use of our resources to deport and remove people on felons, not families. We want to stop tearing families apart. [ applause ] were emphasizing national security, Public Safety and Border Security over tearing families apart. We have created a new defer ed we have created a new divert Action Program for parents, for those who have been in this country for years who have been integrated members of society. There are by most estimates Something Like 11 million undocumented immigrants living in this country. The reality is that given our resources, theyre not going to be deported by any administration, republican or democrat. The most striking thing about that number of people is at least half, perhaps more than half have been here in excess of ten years. So the president and i in november directed the creation of a new deferred Action Program for those who have been here five years who have children who are citizens or lawful permanent residents and who have committed n