A Joint Congressional Subcommittee oversight field hearing of the Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands (Chairman Grijalva), and the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans (Chairwoman Bordallo), met on April 28, 2008 at the University of Texas at Brownsville/Texas Southmost College. The title of the hearing was “Walls and Waivers: Expedited Construction of the Southern Border Wall and Collateral Impacts on Communities and the Environment.” Clips of the Congressmen’s opening statements, and the first panel of witnesses, are shown in this edition. The purpose of the hearing was to investigate environmental and community impacts of the expediting of the southern border wall and the related laws which Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff has waived.
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