{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://stanton.house.gov/2024/10/stanton-presses-faa-for-answers-on-broken-surveillance-systems-along-border", "Stanton Presses FAA for Answers on Broken Surveillance Systems Along Border", "2024-10-17", "2024", "2024-10", "Democrat", "House", "AZ", "Greg Stanton", "S001211", "stanton.house.gov", "stanton", "https://stanton.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Internal Border Patrol memo says FAA has not met service needs for 30% of cameras\n\nPHOENIX\u2014Rep. Greg Stanton is pressing the Federal Aviation Administration for answers after a leaked internal U.S. Customs and Border Protection memo said nearly one third of its Remote Video Surveillance Systems are inoperable. The memo, NBC News reports, says the FAA has had internal problems meeting the needs of the Border Patrol, without elaborating on what those problems are.\n\n\u201cThe RVSS program is designed to enable the Customs and Border Patrol to survey large areas without having to commit hundreds of agents in vehicles, thus improving the safety of agents. It is unacceptable that this technology Border Patrol relies on to secure the border and stop the flow of illegal narcotics into our country sits unused,\u201d Stanton writes in a letter to FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker.\n\nHe requests answers to the following questions:\n\nCan the FAA confirm the scope of the issue? How many RVSS cameras are affected?\n\nIs the FAA working with contractors to run or to repair these cameras? What is FAA doing to ensure these contractors are compliant with CBP\u2019s Information System Security Policies and Procedures Handbook?\n\nWhat is FAA\u2019s timeline to fix these cameras? When will the RVSS cameras be fully functional?\n\nWhy are so many of these systems broken or malfunctioning?\n\nWhat are the communications between the FAA and CBP on the state of these cameras?\n\nWhat additional resources might the FAA need to ensure technology along our border can be serviced in a timely manner?", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-07T21:57:20Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://stanton.house.gov/2024/10/stanton-presses-faa-for-answers-on-broken-surveillance-systems-along-border"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7605277933180332, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}