Frankly, we should nationalize the crisis of voter ID. It is beginning to be a plague across America.

I thank both gentlemen for their testimony.

Thank you Chairwoman Jackson Lee, Ranking Member Dent and the other Members of the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection for the opportunity to submit testimony for today's hearing.

It raises an issue of security to the crisis level of great concern.

Might I add, as I started out, it is important when Congress issues mandates to note that they are for the betterment of the American people; and we will work diligently to comply.

The subcommittee will come to order, and I thank you for your indulgence.

So I really think I am going to go directly to you.

I think we have enough time to yield again. So let me indicate the Chair will now recognize other Members for questions they may wish to ask the witnesses.

I remind each Member that he or she will have 5 minutes to question the panel.

I thought I would acknowledge the Ranking Member for both his diligence and his support for the product in his district.

I share your view that the U.S. Government needs to take the steps necessary to allow our country to exploit the benefits of wind energy generation without compromising national security.

The political campaign in Iran by all press accounts is about as much of a political brawl as you see.

The election results in Lebanon with Hezbollah losing and the dominance of U.S.-backed interests is certainly encouraging.

It would be useful in our dealings with Iran to have a missile defense that is aimed only at Iran.

The facts about what is going on in Mexico are staggering, posing an enormous threat to the United States.

We talk about illegal immigrants coming in from Mexico. It is a lot more serious if illegal weapons are going into Mexico.

When you see how much drugs are coming into this country from Mexico, threatening our young people and older people alike, I think we just have to do a lot more about it.

The kind of funds which have been allocated to Mexico are small compared to what we spend in other places.