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Rep. David Price (D-N.C.)

Personnel costs take up a larger share of Customs and Border Protection's budget than ever before. More than 70 percent of the agency's Fiscal 2015 budget reque...

Federal News Network Staff

April 9, 2014 6:22 pm

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Personnel costs take up a larger share of Customs and Border Protection’s budget than ever before. More than 70 percent of the agency’s Fiscal 2015 budget request will go to compensation. Some members of Congress are worried those rising costs will crowd out CBP’s ability to deliver high-priority IT projects and fulfill its mission. In our Congressional Spotlight, Rep. David Price (D-N.C.), ranking member of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, tells In Depth with Francis Rose the problem CBP has is two-fold.