Protection commissioner mark morgan now on lawenforcement efforts at the southern border. From the National Press club this is about one hour. Good afternoon. Thank you all for being here to todays newsmaker interview. Today our guest . Morgan who is the acting commissioner of customs and Border Protection. It is one of the dhs agencies and it is the largest lawEnforcement Agency in the country and brings in the secondhighest amount of revenue of any Law Enforcement agency and id venture to say probably more popular than the one that brings in the most which is the irs but [laughter] thank you for being here. Of course. The acting commissioners had a long and established career in Law Enforcement, including while he was named to his present post in june of this year and prior to taking the job of actingg commissioner he has been chief of Border Patrol and has been the special agent in charge of the fbi in el paso so plenty of border experience. He has had a number of roles in Law Enfor
More popular than the agency that brings in the most which is the i. R. S. The acting commissioner has had a long and distinguished career in Law Enforcement, including, he was named to his present post in june of this year. And prior to taking the job of acting commissioner, hes been chief of Border Patrol. Hes been the agent in charge of paso,i office in el plenty of border experience. Hes had roles in counterterrorism, violent crime, gang suppression, a lot of things that relate directly to his job today. And hes been a Deputy Sheriff and a Los Angeles Police officer. Not only that, he has an engineering degree and a law degree. So its my great pleasure to welcome acting commissioner mark morgan. Thank you for being here. Mark and former marine. I had to get that in there. Jessica i had that on my list. Semper fi. Thanks for coming. I want to let everyone know that commissioner morgan will be in the hot seat for a while with my questions but if you have questions that you would like
Newsmakers review the acting commissioner of Customs Border protection which is a dhs agency the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the country with the second highest amount of revenue of any Law Enforcement agency and probably more popular than the one that brings in the most which is the irs. [laughter] the acting commissioner has had a long and distinguished career in Law Enforcement and prior to taking the job of acting commissioner and to el paso to have been border experience and violent korean crime and gang suppression. Related directly to his job today a Deputy Sheriff in Los Angeles Police officer. With an engineering degree and a law degree. Thank you commissioner morgan. Also a former marine i have to get in there. Said he may thank you for coming. He will be in the hot seat with my questions but if you have questions please fill out the index cards maybe i will go half an hour 35 minutes and then take questions from the audience. What everybody wants to know is can you giv
Commissioner of Customs Border protection which is a dhs agency the Largest Law Enforcement Agency in the country with the second highest amount of revenue of any Law Enforcement agency and probably more popular than the one that brings in the most which is the irs. [laughter] the acting commissioner has had a long and distinguished career in Law Enforcement and prior to taking the job of acting commissioner and to el paso to have been border experience and violent korean crime and gang suppression. Related directly to his job today a Deputy Sheriff in Los Angeles Police officer. With an engineering degree and a law degree. Thank you commissioner morgan. Also a former marine i have to get in there. Said he may thank you for coming. He will be in the hot seat with my questions but if you have questions please fill out the index cards maybe i will go half an hour 35 minutes and then take questions from the audience. What everybody wants to know is can you give us an update we have to loo
Votes on some of those amendments in the 4 00 hour. Now to live coverage of the u. S. House here on cspan. All mighty and eternal god we pause this morning to express our gratitude. Especially give thanks and pray for our nation. Praying for unity where there is division. Praying for peace where there is discord. Praying for love where there is hatred. Praying for the eradication of l forms of racism, sexism, gism, inequality, and poverty. Praying for an end to xenophobia, homophobea, and all othererphobias that might plague and oiceon our nation. Poison our nation. Praying we continue to strive for justice and peace for all people. And always respect the dignity of every human being. O lord, bless these united and for united we stand divided we fall. May we be more loving and compassionate, more understanding and giving, more inviting and welcoming. And bless all elected officials , the communities they serve, and every state, every commonwealth, every city, every district, on every s