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The work agents and officers of U.S. Customs and Border Protection do every day has immense importance to both our national and economic security.
Put simply, their collective job is to keep bad things and people from entering the country illegally.
However, our agents and officers' jobs are made harder by the President's fundamentally unserious budget request for CBP.
Unfortunately, the Fiscal Year 24 request is full of inexplicable gimmicks, and I'll explain those later.
For example, the President proposes $174 million dollars for additional surveillance towers, but fails to provide adequate funding to maintain the ones we already have in the field.
Thank you for appearing today, Madam Secretary. I am looking forward to this discussion, and especially looking forward to hearing from a distinguished and well-respected former colleague. I am very glad that HUD has a Secretary who understands what we do here in the House, and we thank you for your hard work and service to the American people.
I also want to welcome my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to this budget hearing. I know we're all excited to hear from you and start the process of getting to a bipartisan bill that responsibly funds the government.
Today's hearing will come to order.
This afternoon, we welcome the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Deanne Criswell, to testify on FEMA's fiscal year 2024 budget request.
Administrator Criswell, thank you for joining us today, and thank you for your decades of service to our country in the military, as a firefighter and first responder, and your years in emergency management.
FEMA has the simple—yet critical—mission of helping the American people before, during, and after disasters.
The fiscal year 2024 budget request for FEMA is $25.5 billion dollars. The majority of these funds—$20.1 billion dollars—are requested for the Disaster Relief Fund to support response and recovery efforts for major disaster declarations, including the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Subcommittee on Homeland Security will come to order.
Today we welcome Acting Director Tae Johnson to discuss the fiscal year 2024 budget request for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Thank you for being here today to discuss your funding needs and the critical mission of enforcing our nation's immigration laws and investigating transnational criminal activity.
Before we discuss your budget request for this upcoming fiscal year, I'd like to take a moment to thank the law enforcement and civilian personnel who play an integral role in carrying out ICE's mission.
Enforcement and Removal Officers, Homeland Security Investigators, ICE attorneys, and mission support staff work tirelessly for the American people, despite being told their agency should be abolished, and I want to express my sincere gratitude for their efforts in upholding the laws of the land and ensuring our national security.
