Barbara Kennelly: “The results were tangible. And now what we are seeing, I guess, is a real push to roll this program back, to end this…”

“The results were tangible. And now what we are seeing, I guess, is a real push to roll this program back, to end this program that has worked, something that you can look at, that you can see, and that you can know that your streets are going to be safer. And we are going to roll it back and say OK, never mind, even though it has worked, never mind, we are going to do some block granting and you can do whatever you want with the taxpayers' money, and maybe you can help your budget to be a better budget, but the point was not that. This was a crime bill last year. We found there was a need for additional policemen in communities. That was addressed. The policemen are now in the communities. The grant system did work. Janet Reno, our Attorney General, put her whole self behind this, I tell the gentlewoman from Texas; it has been so wonderful to see, not only some bipartisanship, but to see the branches of Government working together.”