Susan Collins actually said...

"It is inevitable that terrorist groups are going to link up with the Mexican drug cartels to smuggle either terrorists into this country using well-known successful smuggling routes or perhaps a weapo..."

"The 2009 National Southwest Border Counternarcotics Strategy noted an even greater threat to our homeland security, and that is, the possibility of collaboration between drug cartels and terrorist gro..."

"The cartels' trafficking and the associated violence demand increased attention at the Department and across the Federal Government."

"I believe it is imperative that we build a baseline of capabilities all across this country."