On the recordFebruary 25, 2010
Finally, I would like to say in response to really a terrible charge that was made by one of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that this bill weakens the intelligence community, that it is an attack on the intelligence community: we can't let that stand. There isn't anything farther from the truth. This is singularly the largest Intel authorization with its base budget in the history of the United States of America. We are giving to the intelligence community the very tools that it requires, that it has requested, and are glad to do so.
