Rob Menendez actually said...

"You would think that that militarized border would be able to see and act on gun trafficking."

"we need to address the factors that perpetuate the narcotics trade, namely poverty and lack of economic opportunity."

"I'm a very simple man from the Texas Panhandle and I have to think in very simple terms as to how we address this problem."

"I don't understand the lack of effort on the front end to undermine the gunrunning into Mexico, which would be in our own interests at the end of the day."