"We have extraordinarily serious concern involving the waste of many, many dollars over a period of years..."
"I know you're making changes and maybe they work and maybe they don't work."
"I think the benchmarks are important and I think making an evaluation a year from now of where we are is important."
"I'm too familiar with the Soviets having had 110,000 troops there and still losing."
"I think we have the strategy right. We're resourcing it right."
"The more we do that, the more we back up, and it hurts our strategy."
"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 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."
"It ought to be pretty clear that they are transferring weapons."
"I think Senator Durbin is absolutely right. From what I hear, it is a lot more than just a few hundred."
"Yes, but, clearly, it is not enough. I mean, they are all over Mexico."