i want to say i agree with mr. broun my friend mr. un that border security must be focused on keeping terrorists weapons of mass destruction as well as illegal firearms and dangerous drugs from entering the united states. again a need for reform. the purpose of this hearing i look forward to hearing the witnesses testimony on the research and development implementation of new technologies on america's border and potential new technologies that might be more effective. it's unfortunate committee was unable to obtain witnesses from the department of homeland security science and technology director or host a joint hearing with the homeland security committee is there's a lot of overlap in this area and that wouldn't be helpful. that said i am very grateful to the cheers for calling this hearing and it's extremely important and it's important my district which does have the border with canada. i know dr. bauer would probably share that interest since his family is from wake county which is in my district and does have that water border wi