Mexico is the United States' third-largest trading partner, second-largest export market with an average of about $1 billion in two-way trade between the countries every single day.

I certainly want to thank the Chairwoman, actually, Ms. Miller, Candice Miller, the Subcommittee Chairwoman;

Those of us who call Laredo home understand the importance of this cross-border travel and commerce not just to our community or border region but really to the entire country.

Our trade with Mexico also sustains 6 million jobs in the United States.

if it's good enough for the military, I can't see why we have to go spend all of those dollars and research and develop new things when the wheel has been invented already.

I would ask you to just try to pass that up as soon as possible.

We've got to be one step ahead of the bad guys at all time.

If there's equipment that can be useful to us, we certainly want to work with you.

We want to make sure... that we're innovative in how we do our work on the border.

I would ask you that whenever y'all see any good ideas, your men and women, send them up there.

I think we can find different ways that we can get the private sector--because if the private sector is willing to pool together and say, you know what, let's open up another booth here, another lane to move traffic, I think they'll be…