"And then cartel versus cartel, looking to control some of the pathways, if you will, or the ways that people who move the drugs into this country."
"Well, first, I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership in bringing us all together and bringing us to be here in El Paso to see firsthand the needs and to hear the stories of those who ar..."
"How large are the troops? I mean, I heard numbers yesterday going as high as cartels having 50,000 armed soldiers working for the cartel."
"The U.S. Senate should ratify the Inter-American Convention against Illicit Trafficking in Weapons and Explosives."
"It is absolutely critical that we recognize that this is not merely a drug crisis, but it could easily become an economic crisis as well."
"We need to build trust in both countries and eliminate the barriers between them."
"We must fight them over there so we don't have to fight them here."
"The violence along the United States-Mexican border is a serious security challenge and it is one we cannot simply ignore."
"So if they did more to slow things down at the border crossings, that may just move that problem more to the open fields."
"The United States will not surrender our second amendment rights for Mexico's border problems."
"It seems, at least from what I have been able to see, that the movement of the drugs and individuals is coming up not through the border checks but cross-country."