WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), chair of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, today spoke on the Senate floor to highlight the increasing need for funding to better secure the U.S.-Mexico border. After demonstrating how the situation at the border is escalating, she called for a bipartisan solution that will provide the Department of Homeland Security and law enforcement personnel the resources necessary to strengthen border security and keep Americans safe.
“This past summer, I traveled for several days to the southwest border both in California and in Texas. I witnessed the needs that we have there firsthand. I saw the open pathways across our border and into our communities. I saw the gaps in our border security. I also saw communities that have become safer because we have provided border security,” Senator Capito said. “I urge my colleagues here in the Senate to take a long, hard look at the undisputable facts that demonstrate the crisis on the border is escalating. Our law enforcement personnel have provided us with a plan to work towards improving and solving that problem. Let’s work together and get this done.”
For a video of Senator Capito’s remarks, click here or on the image above.
For photos and additional information on Senator Capito’s recent trip to the Pacific coast and the U.S.-Mexico border to learn more about border security efforts, click here.
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