Dear john,
I was pleased to join my colleagues in the House Appropriations Committee to discuss the critical work that the Department of Homeland Security does for our nation.
In the FY25 Homeland Security appropriations bill, I helped secure funding for a variety of priorities, including:
- Sustained funding for a total of 22,000 Border Patrol Agents
- $160 million for Border Patrol overtime
- $50 million for CBP workforce care and suicide prevention
- $305 million for additional non-intrusive inspection technology
- $171.4 million to sustain current border security technology programs, including autonomous security towers, tactical aerostats, cross-border tunnel detection, and counter drones
- $300 million for border security technology to secure the border
- $4 million for Carrizo Cane remediation
- $90 million for Operation Stonegarden to provide federal resources to local law enforcement agencies in border communities
- Increased funding for child exploitation investigations
- Funding for 50,000 detention beds
As a senior member of the Homeland Security appropriations subcommittee, I have consistently fought to ensure that we have critical funding for border security, law enforcement, and resources to protect our homeland.
While there is more work to be done to find a bipartisan bill, I look forward to the work our committee has in store.
