Congress often asks CBP leadership and management to testify about the agency’s operations and activities related to border security, trade, and travel. This page includes Congressional testimony from the current session, the 118th Congress, from January 3, 2023-January 2, 2025. For previous testimony, please visit the Congressional Testimony Archive.
| Date | Hearing Title | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| December 10, 2024 | Safeguarding the Homeland from Unmanned Aerial Systems | Testimony of Keith Jones, Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Air and Marine Operations, for a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, and Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security |
| May 7, 2024 | Intellectual Property: Enforcement Activities by the Executive Branch | Testimony of Brandon Lord, Executive Director, Trade Policy and Programs, Office of Trade, for a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet |
| April 30, 2024 | Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency | Testimony of Troy A. Miller, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner, for a hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security |
| March 21, 2024 | Examining CBP One: Functions, Features, Expansion, and Risks | Testimony of Diane J. Sabatino, Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, for a Hearing before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, and Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigation, and Accountability |
| January 11, 2024 | Exploitation and Enforcement Part II: Improving Enforcement in Countering Uyghur Forced Labor | Written testimony of CBP Office of Trade, Trade Remedy Law Enforcement Directorate, Executive Director Eric Choy for a Hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability |
| September 6, 2023 | After Apprehension: Tracing DHS Responsibilities After Title 42 | Joint written testimony of U.S. Border Patrol Law Enforcement Operations Directorate Chief David BeMiller and Office of Field Operations Admissibility and Passenger Programs Executive Director Matthew Davies for a Hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management |
| July 19, 2023 | Opening the Flood Gates: Biden's Broken Border Barrier | Written testimony of CBP Enterprise Services Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner Ntina K. Cooper for a Hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittees on Border Security and Enforcement, and Oversight, Investigation, and Accountability |
| July 12, 2023 | Protecting the U.S. Homeland: Fighting the Flow of Fentanyl from the Southwest Border | Written testimony of CBP Office of Intelligence Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Mandryck for a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement. |
| June 6, 2023 | Examining DHS’ Failure to Prepare for the Termination of Title 42 | Written testimony of Acting Deputy Commissioner Benjamine "Carry" Huffman for a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement. |
| May 25, 2023 | Modernizing Customs Policies to Protect American Workers and Secure Supply Chains | CBP Statement for the Record on H.R. 529, Extending Limits of U.S. Customs Waters Act, submitted for the hearing before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade. |
| May 3, 2023 | Combatting Transnational Criminal Organizations and Related Trafficking | Joint Written testimony of OFO Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner Diane J. Sabatino and OI Deputy Assistant Commissioner James Mandryck for a hearing before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security |
| April 19, 2023 | Fiscal Year 2024 Request for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency | Written testimony of Acting Commissioner Troy A. Miller for a hearing before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security |
| March 23, 2023 | Securing America's Maritime Border: Challenges and Solutions for U.S. National Security | Written testimony of Air and Marine Operations Executive Director - Operations Jonathan P. Miller for a hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security |
| March 15, 2023 | Failure By Design: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis | Written testimony of U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul L. Ortiz for a field hearing in McAllen, TX, before the House Committee on Homeland Security |
| March 8, 2023 | Force Multipliers: Examining the Need for Additional Resources to Disrupt Transnational Crime at the Border and Beyond | Written testimony of Office of Field Operations Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner Diane J. Sabatino for a hearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs |
| February 7, 2023 | On The Front Lines of the Border Crisis: A Hearing with Chief Patrol Agents | Written testimony of Chief John Modlin and Chief Gloria Chavez for a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability |