Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"The bottom line, as I said at the beginning, I think this budget continues the Department moving forward."

"We must ensure that the Department's budget priorities are aligned to counter the threat that we face from a determined enemy."

"I think that any fair assessment of its record in those 7 years would be positive, including a great number of notable successes, such as the recent important role the Department played in stopping th..."

"I will tell you they are astounding and unsettling because they say that the Department of Homeland Security now has just about as many contract employees as it has Federal employees--about 200,000."