What their agencies are doing to provide Security Assistance to mexico. Members question the officials on how the u. S. Is working with the Mexican Government to combat drugs unarmed trafficking by cartels. The humanitarian crisis. An american citizens been killed in mexico . We are going to get started, the Ranking Member is on his way. The reason for the early hearing is that we have votes. And people go back to the district today so i want to make sure i got this hearing in. I am going to begin. Other members will be walking in as the hearing is progressing. This hearing will come to order. This hearing entitled assessing u. S. Security assistance to mexico will focus on evaluating the extent to which u. S. Assistance under the initiative has been affected. It is straightening u. S. Mexico justice section combatting crime and protecting human rights. Without objection, all members may have five days to submit statements, questions, subterraneous materials for the record. Subject to
Are asking for. Thats a failing. It is a failing. If i hear of anybody getting it easily the way people in other countries are doing it. We are not set up for that. Do i think we should be . Yes. But we are not. Lou last night we reported the cdc is telling us 11,000 specimens have been tested for the wuhan virus whether in a cdc lab or u. S. Health laboratory. The cdc has not yet updated that number reporting the last tests were conducted by the u. S. Public health labs last tuesday. Ed the inability to test for the virus rocking the heartland in ohio. That states top 8 official says they have only three kits to test for the virus allowing them to only test for 1,200. We know just the fact of Community Spread says at least 1 at the very least, 1 of our population is carrying this virus in ohio today. We have 11. 7 Million People. So the math is over 100,000. That gives you a sense of how this virus spreads and its spreading quickly. Lou there are a lot of other issues to concern you i
We will come to order we welcome the acting commissioner of cbp mark morgan thank you for being here today we look forward to getting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements fiscal year 2021 the budget proposes 15. 6 billion of Discretionary Spending by cbp and increases 714 million above the current your level of the total includes 2 billion of 82 miles of barriers and 625 over the current year appropriation for nearly 80 percent of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns for spending another 2 billion on border barriers but aside from any debate this administration continues to circumvent the will of congress by diverting millions of dollars for what congress specifically appropriates for this activity. The house bill does not include the funding. Even more to the point of funding proposed would crowd out other investments we all agree our high priority. For instance it is unclear how many officers are funded or sustained in this Budget Congres
We will come to order we welcome the acting commissioner of cbp mark morgan thank you for being here today we look forward to getting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements fiscal year 2021 the budget proposes 15. 6 billion of Discretionary Spending by cbp and increases 714 million above the current your level of the total includes 2 billion of 82 miles of barriers and 625 over the current year appropriation for nearly 80 percent of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns for spending another 2 billion on border barriers but aside from any debate this administration continues to circumvent the will of congress by diverting millions of dollars for what congress specifically appropriates for this activity. The house bill does not include the funding. Even more to the point of funding proposed would crowd out other investments we all agree our high priority. For instance it is unclear how many officers are funded or sustained in this Budget Congres
A billionaire from committing serial fraud and theyve been you know had to face the music many many times so i dont understand why theyre singling out mexico it seems like crime pays well this is a local think tank and theyre looking around and wondering why is the 1st year in a decade that the economy the g. D. P. Has shrank and theyre saying well perhaps if we cut down on all these headlines on these stories of cartels beheading people but yet youre mentioning that there is a crime wave that goes on in america and perhaps if we got rid of all the jamie diamond taking all the money perhaps member the velocity of money chart we showed perhaps there would be more velocity of money but just in terms of ending that crime if you end the crime if they end the Violent Crime on the streets you know what is there in the world except for a few system and financialization so and weve also covered that like with boeing or Union Pacific all the. Is normal like manufacturing sort of jobs that are s