I want to acknowledge here Chairman Cardin's longtime leadership on this particular area of health care.

I think you guys have been the gold standard. I appreciate the fact that you're in the position that you're in and I want to thank you for your work.

300 grand a patrol agent seems a bit high to me.

the truth is that what these folks are doing to the people of this country, it'd be hard for me not to classify it as a terrorist act because we're killing folks right and left.

we're depending on you to do that, and we're depending on this budget to do that.

we're depending on you to do that, and we're depending on this budget to do that.

I think it does not behoove this Administration and it surely doesn't behoove our economy not to have those ports open.

the truth is that what these folks are doing to the people of this country, it'd be hard for me not to classify it as a terrorist act because we're killing folks right and left.

So the idea has been broached to me and I haven't found why it wouldn't work that we declare the cartels that are bringing these drugs into the United States as terrorist organizations.

if you shut those borders down, they're not going to come there. If the hours are reduced, they're not going to come.

the truth is that what these folks are doing to the people of this country, it'd be hard for me not to classify it as a terrorist act because we're killing folks right and left.

Wouldn't designating them as a terrorist organization give you more tools in your toolbox to get rid of these miserable SOBs?

it does not behoove this Administration and it surely doesn't behoove our economy not to have those ports open

the truth is that what these folks are doing to the people of this country, it'd be hard for me not to classify it as a terrorist act because we're killing folks right and left.

I have had bills to ban it, I think it is a bipartisan concern.

I want to thank the Chair and Ranking Member for holding this hearing and I want to congratulate you on being appointed to run this committee.

if you shut those borders down, they're not going to come there. If the hours are reduced, they're not going to come.

I have had bills to ban it, I think it is a bipartisan concern.