Henry Cuellar actually said...

"U.S. efforts along the Southern Border have and continue to receive a great deal of attention, but we cannot forget that there are threats to all of our borders--Northern, Southern, and maritime."

"we have been focused on this for probably about 2 years now, in terms of coordinating the assets that we have overseas to use on the Southwest Border"

"I do understand that CBP--in fact, we got in those airboats, McCaul and I, at Laredo."

"I have long believed that border security is a core element of the Department of Homeland Security."