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.

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

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.

Yes, but, clearly, it is not enough. I mean, they are all over Mexico.

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.

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

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

I feel very concerned because what appears publicly is not what you hear behind the scenes.

I am not going to vote for a bill unless there can be reconciliation between the various interests.

For my vote, we have to take care of the universities.

Congressman Lewis, you raise an excellent question. One of the main charges that I have is to try to work through those issues, and we are, in fact, working through them.

I think we believe that this is not a shortcoming; it is a strength.

The President and his advisers, our leaders in the military and diplomatic corps, and Members of Congress need to know all the perspectives and all the threats to better set the policies to protect our union.

It seems to me that there's a situation where virtually anything that happens seems to rub Russia the wrong way.

If the Pakistanis won't go in and decimate the terrorist leadership, and the terrorist leadership is allowed to grow, it's going to impact Pakistan negatively.

I am interested in holding countries responsible for the behavior of their entities.

I happen to be one that believe that the EPA was very politicized in the past administration.

Yes, that is our intent. All of the National Scenic Trails would be eligible for this funding, which would create jobs, generate economic value, and provide healthy recreational opportunities.

I point out that at the end of the day, I think there have been some significant layoffs. All along the retail industry, whether it is Starbucks or whether it is various retail establishments; like Gottschalks department stores--38 stores…

The $23 million in funding for trail maintenance could be used for any of the eight National Scenic Trails in this country. Many of these trails are in disrepair, have unsafe crossings and uncompleted sections that could be repaired with…

I think there is authority to hold enemy combatants, and I'm thinking particularly of the Supreme Court's decision on the Hamdi case.

I have seen occasions where the Agency has engaged in poor analytic tradecraft... and they've had no adverse affect on their career.

I have watched a situation--and I agree with what Senator Nelson said; people in the CIA are, in the main, very good.

If in fact they have been trained or participated in training with al-Qa'ida in the past, it may well put them in a different category.