Foreign Affairs committee  Thanks for this opportunity. It's my birthday today, so this is a wonderful present to be here.

Foreign Affairs committee  There is a lack of adequate infrastructure and state presence along that border, not only in terms of illicit trafficking of goods and people but also an irritant with the Dominican Republic. We have committed through the START program in the Global Peace and Security Fund $12.2 million for infrastructure development and equipment for Haiti's land and maritime borders, including improving the Haitian maritime service coast guard type of service, training immigration officials, and training law enforcement officials to deal with the human trafficking.