"I just came from Judiciary Committee. They are trying to push through a bill, the Dreamer Act bill. But unfortunately, in that bill, it has no age limits, it allows people that have crimes, it allows people that fraudulently fill out their application to be here."
"Wouldn't you say that it is actually the cartels that are encouraging these people to travel thousands of miles to exploit our loose immigration laws and asylum laws?"
"I appreciate everything the President has done to try to mitigate this crisis, not only a security crisis to our Nation, but also a humanitarian crisis for the migrants themselves."
"I know that there is a crisis. Everybody in Arizona, everybody in the Nation, it seems, knows there is a crisis at the border."
"It is of concern to move TSA employees to the border, even though they did so voluntarily, is my understanding."
"TSA continues to struggle to provide consistent recruitment, retention, and training at Federalized airports across the United States."
"What I have heard today from, I think, all of the panelists is that there is obviously a retention issue. Pay is one of the key factors."
"The TSA workforce has a demanding job and is truly the most important part of the agency."
"I am grateful to the service of TSA personnel who have volunteered to help their DHS colleagues in their vital Homeland Security mission."
"I think we need not only--we needed the funding for the border fence, because I think it is part of the solution, not the entire solution, but we need to change the laws."
"Thank you for the work that you do. I really want to thank all the men and women that work for you."