Texas-Mexico Border calls for increased UAV Coverage
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. Congressmen Henry Cuellar (D-Laredo) and Michael McCaul (R-Austin) members of the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security
will assess UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems) operations at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station and call for the Obama administration to increase resources in Texas to help secure the Southwest Border.
UASs provide federal and state law enforcement agencies with critical aerial surveillance. The media is invited to witness the landing of U.S. Customs and Border Protections Guardian one of only two such unmanned systems in the world at the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station.
Event: Congressmen Cuellar and McCaul to assess UAV operations at Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
Date: Wednesday April 27 2011
Time:
6:00 a.m. CDT Press Arrival/Preset
7:00 a.m. CDT UAS Landing
7:15 a.m. CDT Press Briefing
Location:
Corpus Christi Naval Air Station
845 First St. S.E. NAS
Building 50
Corpus Christi TX 78419
NOTE: Press should enter the Naval Air Station gate off Flour Bluff Gate no later than 6:00 a.m. with credentials. Media must be escorted onto the facility. CBP contact is Gina Gray
Jennifer.Gray@cbp.dhs.gov.
Rep. Cuellar is Ranking Member of the Border and Maritime Subcommittee. Rep. McCaul is Chairman of the Homeland Security Oversight Investigations and Management Subcommittee. Together they have lead bipartisan efforts in Congress to increase the use of technology to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
Congressman Henry Cuellar is a member of the U.S. House Homeland Security and Agriculture Committees. Job creation accessibility to constituents education economic development and national security are his priorities. Congressman Cuellar is also a Vice Chairman of the Steering and Policy Committee Senior Whip and member of the Blue Dog Coalition.
