If, God forbid, there is a strike from Israel into Iran, the retaliation will be certain, and it will be swift, not just against Israel but in the entire Middle East, and it will also expand into this hemisphere.

In accordance with the Monroe Doctrine, the United States should send a strong signal to the world that any effort by Iran and its surrogates to enroot operations in the Western Hemisphere is dangerous and a threat to our peace, safety…

I just want to agree with you, state for the record we actually had a hearing on the Caribbean, calling it the third border and the threat from that region.

The administrative actions are not sufficient because, let's note, Chavez has promoted people who the Treasury Department has on their list of supporters of terrorism and narco-trafficking.

If we can put those indictments forward, it will signal not only to the bad guys, but to the good guys that we are serious about this problem.

It has to be bipartisan leadership to say: Look, we are not making accusations against the State Department.

A line in the sand: Countering crime, violence, and terror at the Southwest Border.

The purpose of the trip was to examine the Iranian and Hezbollah presence in South America...

We recently returned from a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (Codel) overseas...

When I hear it is going to take 10 more years to secure the border, that just didn't go over well with my constituents.

But more and more I am starting to think that what we really need is a business leader at the top.