Connie Mack: “I submit to you that these drug cartels are terrorizing the school and the children and those schools.”

I mean, most people recognize that the cartels' activity has gotten worse, that they are using every tool available to displace government.

The deal is on the -- that is on the table makes the hole deeper. And so don't -- you shouldn't expect people, who believe that we should balance the budget, to vote for a deal that makes the hole deeper.

I am concerned about the overall take in the Western Hemisphere that we are losing ground even with our allies on this issue.

A terrorist insurgency is being waged along our southern border--the operations across Mexico and Central America--as well as in over 1,000 U.S. cities.