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CBP brings a lot to the fight

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in response to Hurricane Ian.

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We have all CBP components that are here,

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 regarding this response.

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First and foremost, our resources

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are being utilized to check on our employees and their families.

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That's what's most important.

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It's the first priority we have

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in the aftermath of a hurricane,

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an accounting for our employees and their families,

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and then getting them what they need.

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CBP as an agency has responded to many events

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and many disasters in the past.

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We've taken lessons learned from previous events

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as far back as Hurricane Katrina,

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and we've learned that our primary

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and principal consideration is the welfare

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 and safety of our CBP officers and agents.

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All of our personnel across the board,

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regardless of where they are,

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is our primary mission to ensure that they remain safe

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and are able to recover from a disaster or a localized event.

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We've maintained that we have a local leadership construct

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that is referred to as a lead field coordinator

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that works with component leadership,

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executive leadership in the field,

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and they identified Deputy Lead Field Coordinators

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to ensure a full response from CBP

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and its capabilities that are brought to the fight

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for the recovery and the safety of the individuals.

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Secondary to that is the recovery of CBP operations,

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making certain that CBP as an agency

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is capable of recovering

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from an event and standing up operations anew.

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We need to make certain that we're able, as an agency,

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to continue operations

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for the whole of the federal government

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and for the whole of the people in the United States.

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CBP is one of the most, if not

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the most valuable agencies

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when it comes to business resumption.

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When it comes to, you know, the search and rescue,

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loss of life is what we're here to help

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prevent with our other federal agencies.

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But second to that, a close second to that,

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as we close those ports down

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with our other agencies,

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we do the reverse as the storm passes

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and we try and get those ports up

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and running as quickly as possible

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so that we get the much needed goods and services

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into those local communities that have been impacted.