"These are people who know a lot about the border, and I am delighted they are here to share their expertise."
"We are talking about robbers, rapists, murderers."
"the importance of providing both the financial support to border sheriffs and other law enforcement officials to help make up the burden."
"Mexican authorities have told us that a vast majority of weapons they seize from criminals in Mexico are actually smuggled from the United States."
"My constituents of Texas view NAFTA as a net plus for many, many reasons, and it is important that we preserve the proper balance."
"I want to thank all the witnesses for joining us here today, particularly three of my constituents from Texas."
"The Framers created a written Constitution to make sure our constitutional rights were fixed and certain."
"I would just say if academics or legislators or anybody else who has got creative juices flowing from the invocation of foreign law, if they want to change the Constitution, my contention is the most ..."
"Judges are not policymakers and judges should leave that job to the elected representatives of the people who reserve the time-honored right to throw the rascals out if they don't like what we're doin..."
"The test is really what kind of Justice will you be if confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States?"
"The test is not whether Judge Sonia Sotomayor is intelligent. You are."