Thats the wrong approach. And so just fundamentally this is a difference in policy, its a difference in goal, apparently its a difference in assessment of what mirks military strong and will continue to make it strong. So for those reasons, i have to strongly oppose this amendment. I yield im sorry, i reserve the balance of my time. The chair the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. Members are reminded to direct their remarks to the chair. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized. Mr. Norman this is more liberal gibberish. 1. 4 billion. Tell these young people behind me, you tell them instead of building ships, instead of building airplanes, instead of protecting cyber security, youre going to really pay for transgender operations . Hogwash. You try to make that case to anybody in this room. And they would laugh its so serious they wouldnt laugh. Let me tell you other things im sick and tired of. Feelings. Talk to the military gold star mothers who have lost their childr
Congressman Henry Cuellar is a democrat from texas and specifically the 28th district of laredo based border district which means your district would be ground zero for President Trumps wall initiative. You called that wall a 14th century solution to a 21st century problem. Why . Guest first of all we have seen the history of the berlin wall, the great wall of china and other places. You remember the french and the germans during world war i pics of been a lot of history. What we want to see living on the borders, we want have a secure border. Theres different ways you can do that. First of all you have to listen to the men and women on the ground, the Border Patrol are actually there and they will tell you that they want the right mixture of technology, the right mixture of personnel, and some strategic fencing in hotspots. The other thing is im a big believer in extending our goal line which is the us border. Where we spend over 18 billion. If you work with our friends to the south,
Of been a lot of history. What we want to see living on the borders, we want have a secure border. Theres different ways you can do that. First of all you have to listen to the men and women on the ground, the Border Patrol are actually there and they will tell you that they want the right mixture of technology, the right mixture of personnel, and some strategic fencing in hotspots. The other thing is im a big believer in extending our goal line which is the us border. Where we spend over 18 billion. If you work with our friends to the south, mexico, and work with our Central American friends i think we could do a lot more to secure the borders and put in a 14th century solution to a 21st century problem we have house of representatives what are the issues after President Trumps mentioned the wall in a joint address to Congress Last week was the private property that is along u. S. Mexico border and the challenges the present would have been building wall along the property line. Expla
In mexico through our consulates and the role they play. Now the United States, i think, mr. Starr has widely tried to involve itself in reform of the criminal Justice System in mexico itself. In order to truly get at drug trafficking, gun trafficking, organized crime which, of course, is always at the top of our agenda. And id like to ask you in that regard about the socalled midira initiative. Which is charged with disrupting criminal organizations, strengthening institutions in mexico, improving stability in the surrounding communities. Does that sound like what the madeira finiifinisinitiative is . Weve been work iing with mexico extensively since 2008. Weve invest ed about 1. 4 billion in trying to secure the situation in mexico by working with the Mexican Government and we have seen areas where we have made progress. Our Law Enforcement officials, military officials can work with mexican counterparts to give them advice, to lend assistance when they need it to provide training wh
Are on the front line and work and see what the arrest are and gets away, i would say, we would be lucky if we got away with 40 . Chairman mr. Starr, of the frontline people we are relying on, and the embassy and the local guards, do you know what we are paying those local guards on a monthly basis . Starr i could not quote you an exact dollar figure. I could go over this with the contract we are putting in place. I will tell you it is a Competitive Salary in terms of any other local guards in the country and in fact, it is in competitive with the police as well. It is based on mexican salaries. Heres the concern. We go to the second slide. Teen in a was built under Standard Embassy Design. Is it too ugly for mexico . Not to my knowledge, sir. But in fact it really wasnt a Standard Embassy Design. It didnt really do the exact standard embassy. So were spending about 668,000 but its as close to Standard Embassy Design as we have. But then we have these modified design excellence. Monter