Tom Carper

I do think this CARA is a really good step in the right direction.

It is the violence, which we are complicit in by virtue of our addiction to these drugs that are trafficked through the Northern Triangle nations.

What is it about their lives that compels them to try to get here--to risk life and limb to make that 1,500-mile trip to the U.S.-Mexican border to get in.

There are no silver bullets--a lot of `silver BBs.'

Find out what works, do more of that.

Let us go after the root causes.

Find out what works and do more of that.

I share Senator Baldwin's concern that this training that Chief McLean talked about... is something that is on the chopping block.

I have a lot of concerns about a budget proposal that does not adequately fund these grant programs.

We do not want them untrained either. What they do is hazardous.

I want to associate myself with the comments of Senator Wyden earlier.

They are doing a pretty good job over there investing in infrastructure and we are not.

I was in China with a bunch of our colleagues in the last week and had an opportunity to ride on some of the most beautiful, comfortable, attractive, and timely trains that I have ridden on quite a while.

Our friends in Europe are up to their eyeballs in alligators and we are trying to help them help themselves.

Perhaps, something good can come from something awful--and that something good can be us pushing for the necessary reforms

I think that it is important for us to remember that fear is the most potent weapon that terrorists have.

I think it is fair to say that DHS has really taken action to put in place some of the building blocks.

Sometimes, we pass legislation around here that addresses symptoms of problems, but not root causes.

Integrity, if you have it, nothing else matters. Integrity, if you do not have it, nothing else matters.

Federal law expressly protects Federal employees' rights to furnish information to Congress--and any form of retaliation against Federal employees for furnishing information to Congress will not--and should not--be tolerated.

OK. I do not object.

How would you characterize the apportionment of this progress?

Just think about it, OK? And, I am going to ask you to do more than just think about it.

I want to go back to visa overstays.

I would urge you to do that and to do it soon.