It ought to be pretty clear that they are transferring weapons.

I think he has put his entire political career on this effort to fight drugs, and I think he needs every single bit of our support.

I think Senator Durbin is absolutely right. From what I hear, it is a lot more than just a few hundred.

90 percent of the weapons that we traced that the Mexicans recover are source state here in the United States.

I think common sense dictates that it would be better to have more investigators looking for illegal drugs than not having more investigators looking at illegal drugs.

You are a very brave man, and I thank you for that.

I have been hearing about the need to reform law enforcement authority to investigate under Title 21.

I do want to say that we need to take some steps, and I am delighted to have the witnesses before us that are here today.

It is unacceptable to have 90 percent of the guns that are picked up in Mexico used to shoot judges, police officers, mayors, kidnap innocent people, and do terrible things come from the United States.

I want to also recognize, as a couple of my colleagues have, the efforts of the President of Mexico.

The use of violence, rape, murders, and other atrocities that these groups commit against citizens in these areas is something that we all look at in a very negative way.

There is also a situation where if there is a violation of an immigration status that there's fear that people who are deported back to the Congo will be murdered when they arrive.

I understand the United States is not, but it's been widely reported that other NATO countries are.

I want to congratulate Admiral Stavridis on the rescue of Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes, and Mark Gonsalves.

I do want to thank Senators Durbin and Feinstein for calling this hearing to discuss this urgent national security matter.

I am hearing more and more about the prevalence of Mexican-produced drugs in my State.

If there is such a stealing of the oil, though, there has to be a distribution network set up to deal with it.

I think that, as we come further to the border, our role is to then help the Mexican military, who is the principal element of the law enforcement effort.