The committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on Maritime Security and order that the subcommittees meeting to examine the challenges the United States Border Patrol agents and u. S. Customs and Border Protection officers facing carrying out their mission to secure nations borders. Before beginning to discover the moment of silence for rohingya martinez killed in the line of duty last year and van horn, texas. Agents and officers of u. S. Customs and Border Protection work every single day to secure our nation often in rugged terrain sometimes in very remote areas far away from the entities of modern life are the exposed the blistering heat of the arizona desert in the brutal cold places like montana. Working at the port of entry than the women of cpb are the driving force the kind are for security operations. The nation is fortunate. The agents willing to take significant risk on every single shift to ensure that cartel do not smuggle drugs and dangerous individuals across the borde
United states Border Patrol agents and u. S. Customs and Border Protection officers facing carrying out their mission to secure nations borders. Before beginning to discover the moment of silence for rohingya martinez killed in the line of duty last year and van horn, texas. Agents and officers of u. S. Customs and Border Protection work every single day to secure our nation often in rugged terrain sometimes in very remote areas far away from the entities of modern life are the exposed the blistering heat of the arizona desert in the brutal cold places like montana. Working at the port of entry than the women of cpb are the driving force the kind are for security operations. The nation is fortunate. The agents willing to take significant risk on every single shift to ensure that cartel do not smuggle drugs and dangerous individuals across the border. Its dangerous work made more dangerous because agents are subject to frequent assaults. Some of them have the potential to kill or cause
Officers face in carrying out their missions to secure our nations border. Before i begin i would like to start with a moment of silence. Border patrol agent martinez killed in the line of duty last year in texas. I recognize myself. Agents and officers of u. S. Customs and Border Protection work every day to secure our nation often in rugged terrain in remote areas far away from the amenities of modern life and exposed to blistering heat of the arizona desert and the brutal cold in places like montana. Working at the nations ports of entry the men and women are the driving force behind our Border Security operations. The nation and is fortunate they are willing to endure hardship to make sure the border is secure. Agents willing to take risks on every shift to ensure that cartels cannot smuggle drugs cannot smuggle through our ports is dangerous work. Some of them have the potential to kill or cause grave bodily harm. A few weeks ago an agent in san diego was patrolling the border on
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