"Canada is the United States' biggest trading partner, as well."
"This bill is about accountability and real results because the Department of Homeland Security's border components must be held to account for success, or failure, progress or not."
"This is demonstrated by the recent spike inflow to my home State of Texas in the Rio Grande Valley resulting from increased security measures in other parts of the border."
"Our Nation is in the middle of a very robust debate on the best path to reform as we try to reform our broken immigration system."
"The American people overwhelmingly agree that we need to secure the border."
"I do think that additional resources certainly will be needed to achieve situational awareness, operational control of the border."
"For decades we have thrown money at the problem as the Senate did recently without a plan."
"The Border Security Results Act takes a page from the private sector and demands a strategy before we okay a project or its budget."
"Here in the House Homeland Security Committee, we have taken a radically different approach that addresses security based on results and certifiable metrics."
"what a secure border looks like, how we get there and how to accurately measure progress and results."
"I think it is very, very important that border security happen and I understand that the debate about comprehensive immigration reform--I am one that believes in border security first."