Roger Noriega

If we do not get our arms around this problem, people are going to die. Civilians are going to be attacked by networks abetted by the Venezuelans.

I believe we have a significant opportunity to recapture the initiative where our priorities are at stake: Democracy, security, and prosperity.

I believe we should move quickly to identify and punish these thugs to put them on the defensive.

All prosperity is local. These countries need to retool their economies so they can invite investment.

I commend the Committee for holding this series of hearings this week focusing attention on the government's fundamental responsibility for securing our borders.

No event in recent years has underscored the vulnerability of our Southwest border as dramatically as the wave of illegal immigrants, many of them children, crossing in record numbers last year.

Moreover, it underscored the real world consequences of our government sending mixed signals about border enforcement and of potential amnesty at the same time that it fails to engage effectively with our neighbors that are facing rising…

For our sanctions on Iran to be more effective, we should be going after Venezuelan institutions.

I applaud you and other Members of the subcommittee for your continued efforts to study and expose the evolving threats to the U.S. homeland.

Congress is right to demand answers, Mr. Chairman.

I would submit that supporting drug trafficking is a form of asymmetrical warfare against the United States.

These determined and deadly enemies of the United States have made substantial progress in the last 6 years to expand their influence and operations in Latin America.