President spoke post travel ban from six majority muslim countries. This hearing is two hours. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] i asked consent that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. I want to welcome secretary kelly, this is a hearing on the department of Homeland Securitys fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time secretary kelly has appeared before the committee. Second time as secretary of the department. We welcome you and appreciate your service to this country. In the of my Opening Statement going to make a couple of comments. By vocation i am a accountant our talk about the department of Homeland Security budget. When you look at total Budget Authority, and the department was first it up it was 2004 and the departments budget was 36. 5 billion. Had that budget grown by inflation todays request would be under 50 billion. Instead, total Budget Authority is 70. 6 billion, but a 90 increase. That represents on a bipartisan fashion president bush, pre
President spoke post travel ban from six majority muslim countries. This hearing is two hours. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] i asked consent that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. I want to welcome secretary kelly, this is a hearing on the department of Homeland Securitys fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time secretary kelly has appeared before the committee. Second time as secretary of the department. We welcome you and appreciate your service to this country. In the of my Opening Statement going to make a couple of comments. By vocation i am a accountant our talk about the department of Homeland Security budget. When you look at total Budget Authority, and the department was first it up it was 2004 and the departments budget was 36. 5 billion. Had that budget grown by inflation todays request would be under 50 billion. Instead, total Budget Authority is 70. 6 billion, but a 90 increase. That represents on a bipartisan fashion president bush, pre
[indistinct conversation] [inaudible] i asked consent that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. I want to welcome secretary kelly, this is a hearing on the department of Homeland Securitys fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time secretary kelly has appeared before the committee. Second time as secretary of the department. We welcome you and appreciate your service to this country. In the of my Opening Statement going to make a couple of comments. By vocation i am a accountant our talk about the department of Homeland Security budget. When you look at total Budget Authority, and the department was first it up it was 2004 and the departments budget was 36. 5 billion. Had that budget grown by inflation todays request would be under 50 billion. Instead, total Budget Authority is 70. 6 billion, but a 90 increase. That represents on a bipartisan fashion president bush, president obama now President Trump realist the threat environment that america faces has become
Orwell. Watch our coverage on cspan2s booktv. This week, Homeland Security secretary john kelly talked about priorities for his department while testifying on the president s 2018 budget request. Topics include Border Security, lawts for local and state enforcement, Human Trafficking and the president s executive order on immigration and refugees. This hearing is two hours. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] i asked consent that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. I want to welcome secretary kelly, this is a hearing on the department of Homeland Securitys fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time secretary kelly has appeared before the committee. Second time as secretary of the department. We welcome you and appreciate your service to this country. In the of my Opening Statement going to make a couple of comments. By vocation i am a accountant our talk about the department of Homeland Security budget. When you look at total Budget Authority, and the departme
[inaudible conversations] good morning. This hearing will come to order. I would ask consent that my written Opening Statement be entered into the record. Without objection. I want to welcome secretary kelly. This is a hearing on the department of Homeland Securitys fiscal year 2018 budget. This is the third time that the secretary has appeared before this committee, the second time as secretary of the department. And, again, we welcome you and appreciate your service to this country, many, many years of it. In lieu of my written Opening Statement, i just want to make a couple comments. Im, by vocation, im an accountant, so ive gone through budget meetingsing many, many times meetings many, many times. First, i want to just talk about the history of the budget of the department of Homeland Security. Were not quite ready for the chart. When you take a look at total Budget Authority when the department was first stood up, the first fiscal year was 2004, and the departments budget was thi