Judd Gregg: “we turn now to the Homeland Security bill. This is obviously a timely period for taking up this legislation in light of…”

“we turn now to the Homeland Security bill. This is obviously a timely period for taking up this legislation in light of what has happened in London. We recognize, once again, as a result of the heinous crimes that were committed in London that there are people out there who totally disregard innocent life and who are willing to kill innocent individuals simply for the purpose of making a political statement as to what their cause is or what their presumed cause may be. Of course, we were, unfortunately, focused on this fact by 9/11, but maybe over the last 2 or 3 years the success of our Nation in resisting attacks has caused a touch of complacency in this area. However, London has to clearly remind us that complacency cannot be tolerated when it comes to fighting these people who call themselves Islamic fundamentalists and who are essentially killers, terrorists, murderers without any moral creed or cause, and whose actions are totally unjustified in any form of civilized society. The Department of Homeland Security was set up in the post-9/11 world in order to try as a nation to get our arms around the issue of how we can best protect us in the United States of America. It was set up in the context of other agencies that have responsibility for other areas of protecting us relative to this war on terrorism.…”