I usually get a better result in the end if I am trying to figure out how to do something by asking a lot of other people, 'Well, what do you think?'

It is my understanding that the House appropriators set discretionary spending levels for the Department of Homeland Security somewhere around $39 billion.

We do not get a lot of second chances in life, do we?

I think Congress--well, not just Congress but others as well, but we are often better about buying new technologies than we are at paying to get the full value of those investments.

The United States is not the only country that is experiencing significant increases in asylum seekers from those three Central America countries.

We do not do comprehensive very well, because it is complicated.

If we do immigration reform, do it smart, we can actually make some progress on this front.

If we are to realize the kind of border integrity along our border with Mexico, we need to work with these three Central American countries--Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.

You have to find out what works and do more of that.

We literally stayed there as humanitarians on Christmas morning. I thought it was pretty extraordinary.

I want to make sure we are getting our money's worth, and if there is some component that is missing, that we need to be mindful of, please let us know.

I think on the Northern Triangle side, our big contribution we can make from my office is continue to fund detachments down there to help in their law enforcement work.

Is there something we need to do here at our end on the legislative side to make sure that something like this does not happen again?

It is confusing, and a long and tortured road.

I understand that we have begun to allow a limited group of children from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador to apply in their home countries to come to the United States as refugees.

The only thing that is realistic that we can accomplish, at least in the next 18 months, is a--and let us not use 'piecemeal' because that may have the wrong connotation.

Today we take note of an important but often overlooked aspect of our homeland security: our Nation's maritime borders.

Two things, each of you.

the need was for some more shallow-bottom boats.

I think the root cause of a lot of what we talked about here today is our insatiable appetite for illegal drugs.

I think that is terrific, sir. There are three key aspects to that strategy. They include security, governance, and prosperity.

This is an important challenge for the region and for our country as well. I think it is a moral challenge.

I believe we have a moral obligation to try and help to undo that damage.

We were shocked by the flood of migrants arriving across our borders from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

Sunshine is the best disinfectant.