"the truth is that what these folks are doing to the people of this country, it'd be hard for me not to classify it as a terrorist act because we're killing folks right and left."
"if you shut those borders down, they're not going to come there. If the hours are reduced, they're not going to come."
"we're depending on you to do that, and we're depending on this budget to do that."
"It is very, very important that those ports remain open because it is our Number 1 trading partner."
"I have had bills to ban it, I think it is a bipartisan concern."
"I have had a number of Farm Bill listening sessions since this is a Farm Bill year, and these haven't been invitation, this has been opening the doors and let folks in to speak their mind."
"300 grand a patrol agent seems a bit high to me."
"I want to thank the Chair and Ranking Member for holding this hearing and I want to congratulate you on being appointed to run this committee."
"Mexican drug cartels are trafficking fentanyl and other dangerous drugs across the southern border."
"democracies don't work very well when you have a population that is hungry."
"if you don't have people on the ground we are screwed."