"Yes, but, clearly, it is not enough. I mean, they are all over Mexico."
"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."
"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..."
"90 percent of the weapons that we traced that the Mexicans recover are source state here in the United States."
"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."