"One of my major concerns is just our shipbuilding capacity here in the United States and our ability to keep pace."
"And I do want to echo what Mr. Guest said about we have nothing but appreciation for the members of CBP and appreciation for the understanding and--that we need to get you the resources that you need ..."
"And of course that is drug trafficking as well that is coming in, and we have, you know, had drugs wash up on our shore, you know, in our district a number of times."
"We know it is not feasible to build a wall from sea to shining sea, that we are not going to build a wall from RGV to San Diego."
"Thank you, Administrator. Appreciate you being here."
"All of this part, of course, in proper context that there is a right way to come to our country in an illegal way, and every illegal entry is dollars to a cartel."
"I mean, what we are seeing is that at an administration shift we had 70 percent drop roughly with no change roughly in funding and actually a slight bump-up in manpower."
"I know I have been a fan of the area's stats that were being used and deployed and would certainly advocate for those to continue to have their use along our southern border."
"What efforts are being made--because most who leave and come back, I don't think were asked to leave in the first place, and so what is there in place to make sure that they understand that there is n..."
"We are incredibly frustrated. And I don't want you to feel when you leave here that we are intentionally taking our frustration out on you."
"We have to secure our border first."