It really is a great honor to welcome Mayor Bloomberg here.

We are going to really rely on you and the Secretary to advise this Committee and particularly to let us know whether you are receiving the resources and the authority to do what you need to do to protect the cyber infrastructure of the…

I believe, and I am happy to note, that each year, it has become stronger, and I do not think there is any question that the country is safer as a result of the Department's efforts.

Yesterday, the Committee held a hearing on the Mexican drug cartel violence, both what is happening there inside Mexico and what we can do to help President Calderon.

I thought that yesterday's announcement... of what the Administration intends to do was significant.

Chairman Lieberman, you recognized this need for additional funding when you introduced legislation to add $550 million in Federal money to better secure our borders.

Everything--every policy, every strategy, every initiative launched by the Federal Government has an immediate and long-term local impact.

Her view, which confirmed mine, is no, it will not. We are dealing with very bad actors who are going to make money illegally one way or another.

Well, thanks for saying that, Senator McCain.

President Calderon is under real assault.

We have to have something in the way of immigration reform to tell us do we want a workforce in this country that is an immigrant workforce or do we not?

Thanks very much, Senator Kyl, and thank both of you, Governor Brewer and Attorney General Goddard, for both highlighting the impact of the Mexican drug cartels on Arizona.

the warning at the end, which I believe is stark but well taken

This morning, we are going to focus in on the ruthless drug violence in Mexico.

I think you are going to need more resources to get this job done.

the Mexican drug cartels are the No. 1 organized crime threat in the United States today.

I support that, but I suppose President Obama at least seemed to say to me when he spoke about it, it is not likely to pass Congress.

we all want a secure border but we have to have immigration reform.

That is a good idea, I think.

If they had shared, it is possible we could have stopped September 11.

Thanks very much, Senator Pryor, for your questions.

I do not think there is a good argument that I have heard for that.

We always ought to have a pro-American Government in Mexico and a pro-Mexican government in America.

the trend seems to be that local agencies seem to be supporting Federal agencies, such as CBP, because of their lack of funding and agents at the border.

We have an inherent tendency to want to support 'surges,' particularly when we think they protect the security of the United States.