"I find it hard to believe your insistence that notwithstanding this extraordinary set of decisions, ... you are in fact consistently abiding by the law as your testimony is before this Committee."
"upwards of 70 percent of the crime guns that are recovered in Mexico originate from the United States and we should be expected to do much more about that."
"It is kind of disappointing and sad and wild to me at how sort of partisan this debate has become."
"I hope that you're right. I mean, I think if past is predicate, we have had difficulty in convincing the Mexican Government to take our offers."
"We pressed him on offers of cooperation that we have made to his government to try to work together on identifying precursor shipments and fentanyl labs."
"People in this building often pretend that you have the legal ability to just keep denying entry to migrants indefinitely under Title 42. You don't."
"I think one of the most difficult things this committee will have to deal with is this rather unusual request to set aside a significant portion of funding."
"This is a red alert moment and while Department of Homeland Security (DHS) alone can't come close to solving this crisis, I plan on pushing to dramatically scale up every capability that you have and ..."
"we should be expected to do much more about that."
"But the judge is making a finding that you have engaged in conduct that is not allowed by the underlying law, i.e., illegal behavior."
"We cannot stand idly by as democratically-elected leaders are threatened or pushed out of power by mobs or militias."