"As a matter of national security, we should know who is coming in our country and who is not."
"If you are smuggling drugs, your assets can be seized. If you are smuggling human beings, you cannot seize their assets. That is a change that has to be made in the statute."
"I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the needs that need to be done to keep our homeland safe, our borders secure."
"I am pleased to see continued investment in border security."
"I am very much in favor of increasing this and we will be--I will be raising that issue."
"To say that we no longer are going to have that available is to say that two-thirds of my State is going to have both medical and firefighting at a minimal level."
"I commend you for trying to fix a broken system."
"I am no fan of the Federal Government running everything."
"I would argue 90--but it is probably 80 percent of all the petroleum we produce in this country is refined."
"my heart is in Houston. And I am very, very concerned."
"Today, despite this glowing review showcasing exactly why this program is a wonderful investment of our taxpayer dollars, you are proposing the elimination of that program."