00:02Could you explain this?
00:07Sir, I'm looking at a picture of an interior. It looks like a bedroom.
00:13Of an airplane?
00:15Yes, sir.
00:16You're not familiar with that?
00:17These photos are not accurate. If you're referring to the airplanes that the Department of Homeland Security has purchased and
00:24are purchasing,
00:25we're using them for long-range command and control aircraft that is dictated in statute by Congress for the Department
00:34of Homeland Security to have a plane.
00:36You did not use a luxury jet with a bedroom in it?
00:38We used a 737. I've been on it once, but it is being used by other administration officials,
00:44and it is used for command and control flights for the department.
00:48The department has found that in purchasing our aircraft that we will save the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
00:55Does it have a bedroom in it?
00:55In fact, we spent $1.42 billion on ice deportation flights last year.
01:02Does it have a bedroom in it?
01:03I believe it's being refurbished and not having a bedroom in it, so it is being refurbished.
01:10What kind of deportee justifies being flown out of the country in a luxury jet with a bedroom and accommodations
01:20like this?
01:21There are aircraft being purchased that will be utilized for executive air travel and for deportations.
01:28If you remember in the past, we have used jets of this size in this configuration for deportations in the
01:35past, if you remember.
01:36In this configuration. By this configuration, you mean the bedroom and luxury accommodations like this you've used for deportations. Is
01:43that true?
01:43Sir, we have 737s that are being purchased by the department to replace contracts that we have on ice deportations.
01:52That's what they're going to be used for, and in fact, the Coast Guard is the only entity within the
01:57Department of Homeland Security that has jets at this point in time.
02:01They had two G5s that were 20 to 25 years old that are being replaced so that they can continue
02:08to serve our Coast Guard and our military for years to come.
02:12They had two parts about this.
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