I do accept the argument that these are not inherent criminals, these are not people who actually want to commit crime.

You would think that that militarized border would be able to see and act on gun trafficking.

I believe we can put $200 million of INCL money into a Central America security partnership initiative this year.

I think our challenge here, my personal view, is that our goal is to protect the taxpayers but still have the opportunity for a middle-class family to get a 30-year mortgage.

If confirmed, I would continue to make counternarcotics a high priority.

If confirmed, it would be an honor and a privilege to serve my country in this new capacity, and join my colleagues in working to extend U.S. leadership at and through the United Nations.

So would it be fair to say, then, that if you had to live with H.R. 1's budget, that, in fact, investors would be less protected, that there would be potentially less integrity in the market, because you would not be able to police it, and…

I would prefer, both for their interest and ours that they move more quickly, because it will result, here at home, in more jobs, and that's what this is all about.

The situation is unacceptable, not just to us, but to all in the region, in my view.

I do not quite see it the way you see it. I do not think many Members see it the way you see it in terms of what our goals are and what the accomplishments are.

I remember in my days in the House of Representatives... we created an infrastructure and the high-speed nonpolluting light rail line.

We needed to stimulate that economy because it just had no private sector activity, for all intents and purposes.