Mike McCaul

The way Boston, the people responded with resilience, with strength, was truly inspiring, I think, to the Nation.

Commissioner Davis, I think your recommendation to codify these recommendations into law is an excellent idea.

It is a good model. It works 99 percent of the time. We have to be right 100 percent.

I personally went to Boston and Moscow with Mr. Keating and spoke with officials on the ground.

Based on the lessons learned, we issued our findings and recommendations to fix some of the systemic problems that led to Tamerlan Tsarnaev falling off of our radar.

I am pleased to know and to hear and report that both the FBI and DHS are already constructively implementing the recommendations of this committee's report, and I commend them for that.

I want to thank the Democrats for their participation in the investigation and the report, and I am pleased that their input was reflected in the final report.

I have often heard Vladimir Putin characterized as being more tactical than he is strategic.

I also would end by encouraging them to work with us on extradition.

This is, again, a very historic event in the war against the drug cartels.

I share the concern that capturing a high-level criminal drug trafficker does not automatically lead to any reduction in the amount of drugs flowing across the border.

I intend for this committee to move legislation on that issue, as well.

I think that beyond just the symbolic value of the capture, it contributes to the building of the rule of law and the institutions that maintain the rule of law in Mexico.

In closing, I think the good news story here is that not only did we take out El Chapo Guzman but a lot of his underlying associates.

One of the consequences of the hysteria about border security is the build-up of the Border Patrol at the expense of Customs enforcement.

We commend you and our Mexican partners on this extraordinary success against Guzman.

We ask that you request that El Chapo face this same justice in the U.S. for his crimes.

We understand the sensitive nature of the cross-border cooperation, and I want to once again thank all of the agencies involved in Guzman's capture.

As with several other extraditions of narcotics traffickers from Mexico to the United States in recent years, this cooperation ensures these criminals will never threaten the law-abiding citizens of our two great nations ever again.

Americans understand that the threat posed by drug traffickers is particularly intense along our Southwest Border.

That arrest would do more to stop the flow of contraband into the United States and the slaughter in Mexico than all the billions spent so far.

If U.S. forces can find Osama bin Laden, I am sure, with Mexican help, they can find and arrest Chapo.

The best way for us to counter them is by working together.

Just last month, the Pena Nieto administration, in coordination with U.S. law enforcement, took down the biggest drug kingpin in the world.

Time is of the essence. The cartels are gaining significant authority within some areas in Mexico.