"We don't have control of the Southern Border. The testimony from the chief says that the cartels now control the Southern Border."
"These soldiers are killing 100,000 Americans. So I'm not sure what it is that you're doing, but whatever you're doing I don't think it's enough at this point."
"I heard a story Monday when I was in Miami about an individual that tried to cross and was captured by the cartel."
"These policies actually are helping the cartels grow in power and their ability to kill Americans."
"That is all due to the failed policies of the Biden administration, which we have to assume they know are wrong."
"Look, I don't think that combating China, I mean combating the PRC in South America--I do believe that is our greatest threat."
"And I believe that, for far too long, we have ignored our own backyard and allowed Russia, China, Iran, adversaries of the United States, to actually make great footholds into our region."
"Do you think that, if we in the United States were allowing our organizations to flood Mexico and kill 100,000 Mexicans a year, do you think that they would be happy about it?"
"I live in Miami and I have a bunch of friends in Miami. And there are a bunch of them coming and saying, 'Hey, you need to see what's going on in the Bahamas with the PRC.'"
"Fentanyl has killed, drug overdoses has skyrocketed."
"Wouldn't solar panels be the most difficult thing to defend in a military base?"
"I think we need to determine, okay, whether our national security, you know, takes precedence."