Public Health Officials from the centers for Disease Control and prevention, the National Institutes of health and the food and Drug Administration testify on capitol hill about the coronavirus outbreak and the federal response. The acting commissioner for customs and Border Protection mark morgan subcommittee. Questions commissioner morgan on building the wall on the southern border carrying from migrants in cbp custody and stopping Illegal Drugs coming over the border. We will come order. Today we welcome the acting commissioner of u. S. Cuss thomastom customs and Border Protection mark morgan. Thank you for being here today. We look forward to go etting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements for fiscal year 2021. The fiscal year 2021 in discretionary funding for cbp. Above the current year level. Border barriers and an increase of 625 million, over the current year appropriation for nearly 88 of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns about s
Testify on capitol hill about the coronavirus outbreak and the federal response. The acting commissioner for customs and Border Protection mark morgan subcommittee. Questions commissioner morgan on building the wall on the southern border carrying from migrants in cbp custody and stopping Illegal Drugs coming over the border. We will come order. Today we welcome the acting commissioner of u. S. Cuss thomastom customs and Border Protection mark morgan. Thank you for being here today. We look forward to go etting your perspective on cbp priorities and requirements for fiscal year 2021. The fiscal year 2021 in discretionary funding for cbp. Above the current year level. Border barriers and an increase of 625 million, over the current year appropriation for nearly 88 of the total fy 2021 increase for cbp overall. I have obvious concerns about spending another 2 billion on Additional Border barriers. But aside from any debate we might have about them, this administration continues to circum
Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Nearly 90,000 people are now infected with the Novel Coronavirus around the world. At least half a dozen dead here in america. Now the desperate race to contain the outbreak here at home with officials issuing troubling warnings. Abcs kailee hartung is in kirkland, washington. The risk for all of us of becoming infected will be increasing. Also directed the department of health to declare a Public Health emergency. There is no doubt that there will be more cases where we find eporr t nov coronavirus outb spreading across the world. Now hitting the United States from coast to coast. Over 100 cases in more than a dozen states. At least six people dead. The epicenter here in kirkland, washington, suburb of seattle. All of the deaths have been in Washington State, with four of those victims at this nursing care facility. At least 14 residents have been diagnosed with the coronavirus, now called covid19. Colleen mallorys 89yearold mother peggy, who suffe
My familys starts in mexico in a small town. My parents are from a very, very small town. So small, that my dads brother is married to one of my moms sisters. Its that small. A lot of folks from that town are here in the city. Like most immigrant families, my parents wanted a better life for us. My dad came out here first. I think i was almost twoyearsold when he sent for us. My mom and myself came out here. We moved to San Francisco early on. In the Mission District and moved out to daily city and bounced back to San Francisco. We lived across the street from the ups building. For me, when my earliest memories were the big brown trucks driving up and down the street keeping us awake at night. When i was sevenyearsold and im in charge of making sure we get on the bus on time to get to school. I have to make sure that we do our homework. Its a lot of responsibility for a kid. The weekends were always for family. We used to get together and whether we used to go watch a movie at the new
The acting secretary of the department of Homeland Security. Thank you for being with us this morning. Mr. Secretary, the f. Y. 21 proposes 49. 7 billion in net discretionary funding for the department of Homeland Security. Chair roybalallard while this is a cut of 750 million below the current year level, the budget also proposes transferring the United States secret service to the treasury department. I want to be clear that absent any enacted law to effect such a transfer, this subcommittee will continue to include funding for he secret service in its bill. The budget requests for f. Y. 21 is actually 1. 78 billion above the current year level. There are some things in the proposed budget that i believe well find strong bipartisan support. Such as funding for the coast guard second polar security cutter. However, there are also proposals you should not expect to see funded in the house bill. Among those are more funding for border barriers and the expansion of detention bed capacity