The Gatorland guys worked their hearts out, ... They worked free of charge and the conditions were rough. They've been away from home and they were tired, so I'll give them that. But they didn't catch the gator.

Can you believe that? ... I don't know why people are so angry about it.

I hope to be the go-to person on international trade and industry. I think no one before me or after me will ever have so much knowledge about America's ports.

They were out there swapping alligator stories, giving all kinds of advice to each other,

It's frightening. It's scary. These people put a lot of people at risk.

It will hurt our ability to provide the most basic services: police, firefighting, health care and good schools,

They're going to temporarily put a halt to removing those trees so we can have an opportunity to look at it and see if we can save the trees and the hawks,

This person put a lot of people at risk, ... It's illegal to harbor this kind of exotic animal in a residential neighborhood. It's frightening and it's scary.

They offered to take it back, but we haven't decided that's the right thing to do, ... After all, it's an L.A. gator.

A lot of people don't understand how cargo coming into our ports matters, not just to Southern California but to every single congressional district. I want to educate on that issue.