He's down-home, not pretentious, but he gets it, and he's got an air of confidence about him that reassures you that when you tell him something he understands how important it is to you.
Operation Linebacker is the modern-day version of a COPS program aimed at border security. I think Chairman Sensenbrenner gets the picture.
I think it is safe to say Chairman Sensenbrenner understands that border security is the third part of the equation. Without it you don't have homeland security and national security.