"It would revolutionize the way that we secure containers coming to us from all over the world."
"I don't sense an urgency on the part of the Department in the slightest to get this done."
"I have been saying that for 10 years now, and I get the same answers which I can't fathom and don't understand."
"If the Administration would take just a portion of that $95 million that they are requesting for further work on the border, just a small slice of that money and devote it to a container security devi..."
"From the days of the Revenue Cutter Service to the Higgins boats at Normandy, riverboats in Vietnam, patrol boats in the Persian Gulf, the Coast Guard has consistently proven to be a truly unique inst..."
"Today, new and increasingly complex challenges such as sophisticated smuggling vessels, counterterrorism operations, expanding needs in the polar regions and modern piracy are once again putting the C..."
"If you do not get the monies in the 2010 budget what impact would that have on your ability to negotiate a reasonable fixed price contract for numbers five through eight?"
"Our best course of action is not to allow drugs from South America to get to Central America or Mexico."
"I am told that 90 percent or so of the heroin entering this country and cocaine and others, that 90 percent of that coming into the country comes across the Mexican border."
"It is a combined partnership, and it is very, very effective."
"They are great partners, and we have had some considerable successes."
"Opening Statement of Ranking Member Harold Rogers"