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I believe we also know what the count is on the various pieces of legislation. chris, i would disagree with your premise that people are saying that these bills are not strong enough. it's 2018. we do not have operational control of the border. i know because i have 820 miles of it. it's a place i spend a lot of time on. one of the bills that we'd be voting on is looking at all 2,000 miles of the border at the same time and let's gai operationa ctrol over it by 2020. there is no other piece of legislation out there that does that. there is no other piece of legislation that is focused on smart...

There is his picture. she cofound ad organization to help veterans and gold star families. here is kristin anderson, armed forces insurance military spouse of the year. her wonderful husband, who is a hero. gus anderson is a green beret master sergeant. thanks for fighting with our country. thanks for what you do with military families. what was your reaction when you got this award? >> stunned. ainsley: you understand no idea. >> i had no idea. ainsley: they presented you with the award. >> at the metro gala. they said there were 820 people there. so i, i didn't think they called my name actu...

Offering that as an amendment to that deal, so the senate is going to work through their process this week and we'll see what ultimately is going to be able to come out from there. >> what's in the senate bill you just mentioned? >> so the base text is going to be a plane bill. the way this is going to happen is everybody is going to be allowed to offer an amendment. what's in the amendments we don't know. there's several pieces of immigration legislation in the senate and everybody has the opportunity to the offer an amendment. i believe that whatever we end up passing needs to be narrow and ...

>> right. i get that. but am i wrong, am i misunderstanding the math here? my understanding is you congressman hurd, have to sell a majority of the republican caucus or paul ryan is not going to let that thing see anywhere near the floor because it might pass which he doesn't want unless a majority of republicans support it. >> look, we are trying to get a majority of republicans on this. we still have 50 hours to try to get this done before january 19th. this is something that we're trying to build support so we can't stop. it's too important of an issue. also as the member of congress who ha...

Majority of republicans on this. we still have 50 hours to try to get this done before january 19th. this is something that we're trying to build support so we can't stop. it's too important of an issue. also as the member of congress who has more border than anybody else, i have over 820 miles of it, border security is important. we haven't gotten operational control of our border. we should. but we should do it in a smart way that leverages technology and manpower in order to ensure we're protecting our homeland. >> congressman aguilar, does your bill call for a wall to be built in mexico to...