Tom McClintock: “Democrats denied Republicans witnesses for the open hearings.”

Here's some of the problems that we're facing. Every sheriff in the State of California in times past used to be able to ask immigration status of those who are arrested and coming through our jails. That no longer is in existence.

Not because of a lack of resources, but because the laws that have been adopted in the 1970s make it cost prohibitive.

I think it actually saved the city of South Lake Tahoe from the Caldor Fire.

The Chief of the Border Patrol told us at Eagle Pass that he says, I am standing in front of an open fire hydrant with a bucket. I do not need more buckets. I need somebody to shut off the fire hydrant.