[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
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