Taking on a very challenging task he developed and coordinated strategies and policies to protect the American Public as a recipient of the us secretary distinguished Service Medal and to be joined by the Ranking Member senator tester we are beginning to consider the fiscal 2021 budget request and looking at further insight from you mr. Secretary in the fiscal year 2020 i hope to build on the progress made in the 2020 bill enacted december h 2019. With a 54. Six and discretionary funding and protect the homeland for years to come with billions of dollars for Border Security for a border wall system and humanitarian care requirements all add existing Border Patrol facilities. Providing 22 billion from fema to support Disaster Relief and Grant Programs to provide additional funding from terrorism prevention to combat the emerging threat. Funding the deployment of Aviation Security equipment which i actually saw myself at tsa headquarters designed to enhance global Threat Detection capabi
Calling the committee to order of the budget cycle we are pleased to be joined by acting secretary chad wolf. Named after acting secretary november 132019 before taking on the challenging task he developed coordinated strategies and policies for the Homeland Security mission protected the public through his leadership role through strategy and policy as a recipient of the secretary distinguished Service Medal for International Terrorism and throughout the duration of his career. Thank you for that. We are continuing to consider the budget request 2021 and look for further insight from you. Some of the fiscal year 2021 enacted december 20th 2019. And then 50. 46 billion of tidiscretionary funding with those investments to protect the homeland for years to come millions of dollars for Border Security including funding for border wall system humanitarian care requirements and those all add existing Border Patrol facilities. Grant programs to provide additional funding from terrorism preve
Meeting focused on steps taken to improve border facilities to provide medical care as well as medical evaluations given to migrants while they are in customs and custody. [no audio] subcommittee will come to order. The meeting today to receive testimony on the adequacy of dhs efforts to prevent child deaths in custody. The chair is authorized to clear the and recess at any time. Underwood will question. Representative garcia permitted to sit in question witnesses. Without objection, so ordered. Jaclyn was seven years old. Alonso, eight years old. Cordova, 10 years old. An, 16 years old. Carolos, 16 years old. Died in theen custody of the United States government in the past 18 months. They were migrants from Central America who died of preventable conditions that went untreated. Three of them spent the last hours of their lives in detention facilities on the southern border. We must never forget their names, suffering, or the terrible losses their families had to endure. We are here t
Subcommittee on Border Operations will come to order. It is meeting today to receive testimony on the adequacy of dhs efforts to prevent child deaths in custody. Without objection the jurors authorized an endpoint. It has unanimous consent there would be permitted to sit and question the witnesses. The chair asked with unanimous consent dissent as the witnesses. Without objection, so ordered. Jacqueline hall mccain. Seven years old. In the big gomez angel. Darlene valley, ten years old. One areas, 15 years old. Will mayor two years old. Carlos hernandez frescoes, 16 years old. They used to six children died in the custody of the United States government just in the past 18 months. They used to children were migrants from Central America who died of preventable conditions that went untreated. Three of they used to children since the spent the last hours of their lives in detention facilities on the southern border. We must never forget their names, their suffering, their terrible losses
Once they arrive in customs and Border Protection custody. [inaudible conversations] s with this subcommittee on border facility operations todayod people will receive testimony how to prevent child death and custody. We can declare recess at any point. Chair asking them as consent we can sit and question the witnesses. Without objection so ordered. Jacqueline mckeen, seven years old. Felipe gomez alonso, eight years old. Darlene cordova, ten years old. Juan gutierrez 15 years old. Willll mayor one wilmer ramirez, two years old. Carlos fernandez, 15 years old. These six children died in the custody of the United States government in the past 18 month months. They were migrants from Central Americaa who died of preventable conditions that went untreated. The last hours of their lives were in detention facilities on the southern border we must never forget their names or suffering or the losses their family has had to endure. We are here thiss morning to examine the conditions that led t