"We need to reduce the flow of people coming into this country illegally and those include those who sneak across the border."
"Spending billions of dollars on border security without a way to assess progress is really what we have done for the last 20 years."
"a strategy and an implementation plan to be produced before additional resources are expended."
"I certainly thank all the witnesses. You can see by the level of frustration, some of the questions that we are asking, I am sure you all share that."
"The proposed rule and findings of a recent GAO report, leads to some very simple questions about the threat, risk, and vulnerability at our Nation's ports."
"Maritime security is not the provenance of the Federal Government alone."
"If we can't do this, we might as well pack up and go home, because this is as obvious as it gets."
"I think there is always a moment in time in politics where something can happen, and that moment in time is probably now for comprehensive immigration reform."
"I think, I feel your Department needs to tell us, as the Congress, what it is you actually need in regards to resourcing."
"I think the immigration reform will be a heavy lift."
"It would be too bad if the Department of Homeland Security became the stumbling block for comprehensive immigration reform."