I hope that we can be a little bit more positive so that the industry gets some more positive signals from you all in the near future.
We must all learn from history while confronting the evolving threats to this Nation.
I do not believe the notion of reducing spending to 2008 levels is either appropriate or responsible for the Department of Homeland Security...
But right now along the gulf coast, we are having such serious issues, you know, with the moratorium, the gulf coast spill, still recovering...
We must have the fortitude and the discipline and the tenacity I think, Senator Coats and others, to continue to fund adequately this effort...
If the President does not request and the Congress does not approve supplemental funding, that account under our calculations will literally...
We have to be mindful that we are building, not streamlining this Department.
Since 2005, for example, importers of shrimp from China have failed to pay more than $58 million in dumping duties.
In the spirit of bipartisanship, I am actually going to pass the gavel to Senator Coats so he can continue.
The Coast Guard is one of the five armed forces of the United States.
I will not support a budget that reduces that number by 3,500.
We have to be very careful about how we go about that exercise so that we can continue to provide the security that our Nation needs.
These costs are not accounted for in the President's budget request.
It is $1.56 billion in fiscal year 2011 that is missing from this year's budget.
I hope you will be willing to do that.
I want to commend you. This has been a very tough year for the Department.
I applaud you for your decision not to proceed to procurement of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) air and missile defense syst...
It does not make sense to continue to waste $800 million on a system we are not going to procure.
