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hidden in two vehicles traveling to Mexico.' A few weeks prior, officers at the same port of entry found 16 firearms, including three assault rifles, 26 magazines, and 182 rounds of ammunition hidden in another van." Moreover, in Texas, CBP officers recently seized over $270,000 dollars in unreported currency from a single Toyota headed to Mexico.23 The seized weapons and cash could have easily gone into the hands of cartel members, furthering drug trafficking and other criminal operations. Without a mandate and resources for CBP to improve its outbound inspections program, the administration's crackdown on the drug trade is mere talk. Securing the southern border and countering drug trafficking means making sure U.S. officials are inspecting both what is entering and what is leaving the country, and the Republican legislation fails to address the latter. Signalgate Foreign intelligence services work around the clock to gain access to sensitive U.S. homeland and national security information. The targeting of senior government officials to elicit such information is one method used by foreign adversaries to do this. On March 24, our foreign adversaries learned that they may not have to work so hard to target the most senior national security officials in the country when it was revealed that the highest-ranking Trump administration officials had used the commercial messaging app Signal to discuss highly sensitive and classified information and inadvertently added a journalist to the text message chain. The Trump administration and House Republicans want the American people to believe that nothing classified was discussed on these chats, but the American people know better. It is clear from the lack of investigations and introduced articles of impeachment related to the egregious national security breach—and Mike Waltz's recent promotion to nominee for UN ambassador that House Republicans and the Trump administration could not care less about protecting information that, if disclosed, could damage our national security and harm our U.S. service men and women. This is also evident from the fact that the Republican reconciliation package allocated zero dollars for DHS counterintelligence programs, projects, or activities to detect, deter, and disrupt foreign intelligence threats. u CBP officers seize nine weapons, 260 rounds of ammunition, 24 magazines, and weapon components in less than 72 hours at Del Rio Port of Entry,U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION(Apr. 10,2025), https://www.cbp.gov/newsroomAocal-media-release/cbp-officers-seize-nine-weapons-260-rounds-ammunition-24- magazines-and. 22 CBP officers seize 16 weapons, 26 magazines, 182 rounds of ammunition at Del Rio Port of Entry, U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION(Mar. 18,2025), https://www.cbp.gov/newsroomAocal-media-release/cbp-officers-seize-16-weapons-26-magazines-182-rounds- ammunition-del. 23 CBP officers seize over$270K in unreported currency at Hidalgo International Bridge,U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION(Apr. 8,2025), https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/cbp-officers-seize- over-270k-unreported-currency-hidalgo-international. 7