country but madam, sir. we have a crisis at our southern border. the sovereignty of our nation is at stake and law enforcement professionals have requested appropriately what they've requested and we need to perform so there comes a point in time when you ask yourself what is the value of the security and sovereignty of our nation? this is the posture we've taken, we're receptive to reasonable counteroffers. the president stated he's receptive to a reasonable counteroff counteroffer. >> you say it's a crisis now and i assume from the numbers that we put on the screen you would agree are accurate numbers. this was a crisis in the last congress as well? yes or no. >> i can't see the screen but i have my own numbers and because of my background, i have many friends on the border and i talked to them, speak to them,