Beto O'Rourke actually said...

"But without any data, without you being able to give me hard numbers, how could I support authorizing another dime for this program?"

"I appreciate your belief that this makes us more secure. The concept is a good one. But we need facts if we are to make informed decisions going forward."

"If we slow down already long wait times even further, with a system that doesn't work or with a system whose effect on throughput we cannot ascertain, that to me is troubling, as well."

"Was it worth $500 million? Is it worth an additional $3.2 billion, what you have seen so far?"