mr. brandon judd president of the national border council, art arthur, center for immigration studies, and mr. michael breen, president c eefrmt o of the truman center. as you can see there is an empty chair for the uninvited witness. miss carla provost should she choose to attend the hearing. welcome to you all. rules, if you can please stand and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear that the testimony you shall give you is the truth whole truth ago nothing but the truth so help you god. please be seated. all witnesses answered in the affirmative. please five minutes. as reminder clock in front of you shows remaining time during opening statement. light will turn yellow. red when time is up 0. please welcome to press the button before speaking. and with that we'll recognize mr. judd for five minutes. >> chairman, ranking member lynch and distinguished members of the subcommittee, i would like to thank you for the opportunity to testify today. i want to discuss with you the issues of border security and the magnets that draw people across our border ill leely. this includes but is n

brandon judd, the president of the national border atrol council, also border patrol agent, talking about immigration policy. mr, thank you for your time. thank you. host: it is stop number 30 in of "50 capitals tour" across the united states. the mile-high to city of denver, colorado. buildingof the capital you are see suggest plated with 24-karat gold onboard the bus. and that is governor hickenlooper, good morning. governor, good morning. how would you describe the most pressing issue in your state currently? governor hickenlooper: right fixing ing to balance our pension and then making sure that we're able to at the same for get resources transportation and resources, as teachers more. those three things are having to in simultaneously in balance. host: so what kind of shortfalls talking and what is the proposal that will help you balance?hat governor hickenlooper: well, big now looking at the flood of money that has come state.he the state right now having some 25ongest economy probably in years with number one economy in the country right now. we're enough resources, going to put 3% of total payroll milli