Much work remains to be done, as evidenced by the continuing violence.

I think the situation has become so dire down there and such a crisis that it is my sincere hope the politics will change on this.

If we have a 2,000-mile border with them every day there is about $1 billion of trade between the United States and Mexico.

I don't think we are doing enough to control the flow of weapons into Mexico.

Our focus needs to change. The profile that we give nationally to this issue needs to change.

The Mexican government did not have the resources to carry this out.

I think our country has something to offer in that respect, whether it be our intelligence or our special operations forces, if we could get around the politics.

I think one of the things that we should be looking at is how can we help Mexico with areas like microlending, and jobs creation?

I said, 'I am going to make that statement and tell them that a constituent from my 10th Congressional district made that recommendation and I agree.'

I think the State Department--and we have had briefings on this, but I think we need greater clarification as to how they can defend themselves down there.

It is one that I think can't be looked at in a narrow prism, and it is one that I think a lot of the testimony reflected that.