"I want to just begin by thanking you for your attention to the border."
"Has there been any appreciable reduction in violence at the border since you began?"
"It is the soft underbelly of this country."
"And I think the time has come for it to be done--the tracking, that is."
"I have worked for a number of years to try to mitigate the risks that I believe this program produces for our Nation."
"troubling and unacceptable"
"When the GAO uncovered in its investigation--what it uncovered I think is very alarming."
"The State Department failed to clear all four of these passports through the Social Security number clearance check--first mistake--which takes only 24 hours."
"The State Department did not identify the counterfeit birth certificates or the counterfeit driver's licenses."
"Now, the question arises: How many passports are out there that were wrongly issued and are being used by those seeking to do others harm?"
"State Department officials have known about these vulnerabilities for many years, but have failed to fully secure the process."
"My view is that no passport should be issued until these checks are complete."