"This is my concern, we had a hearing in this committee a couple of months ago on Hezbollah."
"Hezbollah in Arabic is the Party of God. It is a Shia group that is committed to violent jihad."
"It has infiltrated the Western Hemisphere, but more directly it has infiltrated the United States with a presence in 15 cities."
"Let me just--to me, that is very disturbing. You say that they have a presence in the United States and North America generally so as to have leverage, to be positioned that if they are attacked, they..."
"Pretty clear to me of what their intent is, whether it is immediate or longer-term, and that is a profound concern."
"Moving forward, I want to ensure that the limited infrastructure funds available be targeted in such a way where we are looking at volume of traffic, we are prioritizing it so that we can maximize bot..."
"Should border management--or pre-clearance has been deemed dead by the Secretary."
"The issue of using technology for like the NEXUS pass it makes a lot of sense, but if you don't have the capacity at the bridge to get those vehicles to those, you know, expedited review and approval,..."
"I just want to raise the issue of congestion at land ports of entry, and it poses a number of problems relative to security."
"In the aftermath of 9/11, we were all taught that we are not at war as a Nation with Islam; we were at war with those who hijacked that religion and used it to justify their murderous and cowardly act..."
"the word is ``slave'' because when you are forced to do work and your owner rebuts, you know, the national government is the one that receives the payment."