"At the end of the day, the only performance measure that matters is that the border is secure, plain and simple."
"The barbarism? Al-Qaeda has nothing on these Mexican cartels."
"We take enough offense to it, like last night, 11:50 p.m., Central time, which is the time that matters, we had two Border Patrol agents fired upon."
"Sadly, the Government received a grade of 'F' on its efforts to enhance the Nation's capabilities for rapid response to prevent biological attacks from inflicting mass casualties."
"Mr. Mora said that the President doesn't want to militarize the border under any circumstances."
"I am tempted to just suspend my questioning. But I am not going to do that, because we are grappling with that problem."
"I think it is an important time to do it, and it is a time to carry on what this committee was originally established to do."
"I thank you as well for hanging the pictures in the back of the room again to remind us of the purpose of this committee, that we would understand liberty, and its price is eternal vigilance."
"It is very difficult for a Sunni Muslim to be a fully practicing Sunni in Shiite Iran."
"your staying power at the witness table is impressive, but probably should have been expected because of your record-setting tenure in the Chicago Public Schools system as a superintendent."
"I personally am one that likes to see a lot of competition, a lot of variety, a lot of framework for research and development that can come through things like that."
"Well, there definitely is a lot of latitude potentially in there for concern for how far, how aggressive, the regulating entity of the States might be."