"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."
"I want to thank all of you for your service. I want to thank you also for your suggestions."
"This problem needs an answer. That is what I have suggested along the ideas of creating a border financial crimes task force."
"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?"
"I am heartened to know the last thing Osama bin Laden saw before death was an American soldier bearing down on him with an American flag on his shoulder."
"At the very least, whether there was complicity or incompetence, at the very least there has not been a high priority in targeting senior al-Qaeda leaders in Pakistan."
"We do have more resources down there. I think we all agree with that. But the situation has become more dangerous and more violent."
"I have introduced H.R. 915, a bill to codify the BEST program in law to help ensure the program."
"I think that is where the cooperation, especially on the intelligence side, between the Federals and the locals is crucial."
"I would also like to highlight the important supporting role that State and local law enforcement play in the Federal Government's border security."