Mike McCaul

It seems to me that there are always lessons learned from other events in the past in the Federal Government.

I believe that the size and management of that operation, lots of serious mistakes made, and should never be repeated.

I certainly agree with you.

Like the rest of my colleagues, I recognize the need to reform our export control system.

Our system is designed for the Cold War, and we all recognize it needs to be changed.

If you release the data as soon as possible, the scientific process can take over.

You can be a type A personality and you are not going to get a heart attack.

Do you agree that that would make DHS a more efficient agency?

I personally wish we could appropriate more dollars, but we live within a tough budgetary time.

In a world of asymmetrical threats to U.S. security, the United States cannot rely on outmoded tactics rooted in the past to defend the homeland today.

I want to thank the witnesses for attending this portion of the hearing, and, Dr. Caudle, for you flying all the way out from my home State of Texas; I really appreciate your testimony here today.

Unless we fix these types of problems we will continue to see failures in DHS programs such as the Secure Border Initiative virtual fence, where in the end taxpayers received little if any return on a $1 billion dollar investment.

The sad history of this nation began with the abrupt departure of the Belgians, the most corrupt, brutal, and unenlightened colonialists in all of Africa.

I think designating the Revolutionary Guard as a foreign terrorist organization, which we were surprised they hadn't been, would be a helpful tool I think from a law enforcement standpoint.

Ahmadinejad and I are going into the basement now to set our sights on Washington and launch cannons and missiles.

There is going to be hell to pay, you know, at some date in the not--probably in the not-too-distant future.

I think, Mr. Braun, as you stated, counterterrorism and counternarcotics have now--the two have come together.

One proposal that I have introduced is a bill to designate the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist--foreign terrorist organization.

That is unacceptable, that a wounded and desperate Iran would be as brazen to use the Western Hemisphere as a staging ground for attacks against American citizens on U.S. soil.

Iran has repeatedly demonstrated that its goals are to intimidate America in its own hemisphere.

For years we have watched as Iran has stepped up its involvement in the Western Hemisphere.

Without strategy America's border security blunders facilitate and empower Mexican drug cartels.

I support this bill, because it stands up to the dictatorship of Hugo Chavez and stands with freedom and democracy in Venezuela.

These drug cartels represent a threat to the viability of the Mexican state and national democracy.

This bill is not designed to hurt Mexico, but rather help Mexico.