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Testimony - 118th Congress

Congress often asks CBP leadership and management to testify about the agency’s operations and activities related to border security, trade, and travel. This page includes Congressional testimony from the current session, the 118th Congress, from January 3, 2023-January 2, 2025. For previous testimony, please visit the Congressional Testimony Archive.

Date Hearing Title Summary
January 11, 2024 Exploitation and Enforcement Part II: Improving Enforcement in Countering Uyghur Forced Labor Written testimony of CBP Office of Trade, Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Directorate, Executive Director Eric Choy for a Hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability
September 6, 2023 After Apprehension: Tracing DHS Responsibilities After Title 42 Joint written testimony of U.S. Border Patrol Law Enforcement Operations Directorate Chief David BeMiller and Office of Field Operations Admissibility and Passenger Programs Executive Director Matthew Davies for a Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management
July 19, 2023 Opening the Flood Gates: Biden's Broken Border Barrier Written testimony of CBP Enterprise Services Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner Ntina K. Cooper for a Hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittees on Border Security and Enforcement, and Oversight, Investigation, and Accountability
July 12, 2023 Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl from the Southwest Border Written testimony of CBP Office of Intelligence Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Mandryck for a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
June 6, 2023 Examining DHS’ Failure to Prepare for the Termination of Title 42 Written testimony of Acting Deputy Commissioner Benjamine "Carry" Huffman for a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
May 25, 2023 Modernizing Customs Policies to Protect American Workers and Secure Supply Chains CBP Statement for the Record on H.R. 529, Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act, submitted for the hearing before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade.
May 3, 2023 Combatting Transnational Criminal Organizations and Related Trafficking Joint Written testimony of OFO Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner Diane J. Sabatino and OI Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Mandryck for a hearing before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security
April 19, 2023 Fiscal Year 2024 Request for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency Written testimony of Acting Commissioner Troy A. Miller for a hearing before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security
March 23, 2023 Securing America's Maritime Border: Challenges and Solutions for U.S. National Security Written testimony of Air and Marine Operations Executive Director - Operations Jonathan P. Miller for a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security
March 15, 2023 Failure By Design: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis Written testimony of U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul L. Ortiz for a field hearing in McAllen, TX, before the House Committee on Homeland Security
March 8, 2023 Force Multipliers: Examining the Need for Additional Resources to Disrupt Transnational Crime at the Border and Beyond Written testimony of Office of Field Operations Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner Diane J. Sabatino for a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs
February 7, 2023 On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents Written testimony of Chief John Modlin and Chief Gloria Chavez for a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability

 

Last Modified: Feb 13, 2024