"I think the initiatives you have undertaken to bring greater transparency to the organization are welcome..."
"I hope to build on that with other Members with a bill that we will be introducing shortly..."
"We heard from the GAO yesterday that they have serious concerns about the way that CBP is proceeding..."
"Our Ranking Member on the committee, Ms. Jackson Lee also brought up the issue that we are seeing a surge in activity..."
"I want your assurance that as you add additional CBP Officers to these ports, those cities like El Paso... are not penalized."
"Five hundred million dollars to $700 million for deployment and what is O&M cost over 10 years?"
"In learning from SBInet and looking forward to what we are doing here with the Arizona Border Surveillance Technology Plan, one of the pieces that was missing before I think were performance metrics t..."
"I want to know to answer my colleague from South Carolina's question, in 2 years, in 5 years, in 10 years, when we are looking back at the $600 million plus that we have spent, how do we know that it ..."
"I think the dominant perspective and view when it comes to our border, and certainly our border with Mexico, is to see that as a threat and a security situation to be locked down."
"We are spending $18 billion a year right now, unprecedented levels of spending."
"We have doubled the size of the Border Patrol in the last 10 years."
"El Paso, Texas, the city I have the good fortune to live in and represent, is the safest city in America today, 4 years in a row actually, bordering on Ciudad Juarez."