However, I was extremely concerned to see a recent report of many of the high tech scanners that we've provided CBP officers to identify and stop the fentanyls coming in through vehicles. Right. They're sitting unused in warehouses. And that's because Congress hasn't provided the funding to install them [high-tech scanners]. And so the bipartisan border security supplemental that you helped negotiate, I was proud to vote for, did include money for the installation, but some of my colleagues across the aisle blocked the passage of this bill from the Senate. (01:15–01:20)
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