WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 18, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET, the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, led by Chairman Clay Higgins (R-LA), and the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, led by Chairman Dan Bishop (R-NC),will hold a hearing to examine the effectiveness of the border barrier system and the effects of the Biden administration’s cancellation of border wall contracts on the safety and security of the American people.

DETAILS:

WHAT: A joint hearing by the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability entitled, “Opening the Flood Gates: Biden’s Broken Border Barrier.”

DATE: Tuesday, July 18, 2023

TIME: 2:00 PM ET

LOCATION: 310 Cannon House Office Building

WITNESSES:

Panel I

Ntina Cooper
Acting Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner for Enterprise Services, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Colonel Jason Jefferis
Head of Contracting Activities, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense

Rebecca Gambler
Director, Homeland Security and Justice, U.S. Government Accountability Office

Panel II

Ron Vitiello
Former Chief of the U.S Border Patrol (Retired), Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

Jim De Sotle
Interim Chief Executive Officer, LoneStar Pipeline Contractors

Russell Johnson
Private Citizen

Alexander Tenorio, MD
Neurological Surgery Resident, University of California San Diego Health

Witness testimony can be found here. Additional testimony will be added. The hearing will be open to the public and press. Press must be congressionally credentialed and must RSVP by Monday, July 17 at 6pm ET.

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