"We would not be the city we are but for the hard work that the men and women of the Border Patrol perform each and every day, and that is part of the reason we are the safest city in the United States..."
"Mr. Secretary, I would also like to thank you for your service and what you describe as a very ambitious set of goals and agenda that is matched with the muscle necessary to implement it."
"And as I have said before in previous hearings, we look forward to working with you collaboratively to make sure that we can do a better job out of Waco."
"I think this decision was made in the context of some misinformation at the time about the availability of water in El Paso."
"I appreciate that, and I appreciate your answer on the number of zeroscaped or cemeteries that are saving water."
"El Paso, a border community, is among the safest in the Nation."
"I want to commend the Chairwoman for her focus on this question of how we define border security..."
"Let me ask, Acting Commissioner McAleenan, there is this a very legitimate concern that we not supplant Federal resources that should be obligated to border communities like ours, and instead, if we a..."
"I appreciate the ambition of getting to all claims under 125 days by 2015, but it really seems that there is a crisis in that Waco Regional Office."
"I wanted to follow up on some of the questions asked and comments made about return on investment."
"Because we know in El Paso, and I think those of us who are interested in trade in this country understand that the more we get through our ports of entry, the more jobs we create here."
"I am glad that the Ranking Member mentioned SBInet and some of the boondoggles that DHS has been involved in, in the past."