"When the U.S./Mexico border is finally secured the Mexican Cartels will no longer have access to the billions of dollars they use to undermine the domestic security of Mexico and the safety and securi..."
"It is refreshing to hear--the reason for calling the second panel is to get people who are on the ground, down on the border, who understand it and have seen it up close and personal."
"it is a Constitutional obligation, not a political obligation, to protect the border."
"We have failed the States, the Federal Government has."
"There cannot be homeland security without border security."
"The Federal Government needs to stand up with you."
"I suggest that the violence in Mexico and the threat it poses to Mexico and to our communities, requires a September 11 type of response from our country."
"My view is, we ought to call them what they are. Their tactics are certainly like terrorists."
"I agree with the Ranking Member, as well."
"This problem needs an answer. That is what I have suggested along the ideas of creating a border financial crimes task force."
"I want to thank all of you for your service. I want to thank you also for your suggestions."
"Members of Congress have a responsibility to ask what kind of support system or benefactors could have allowed bin Laden to maintain this safe haven?"