Joseph Lieberman actually said...

"So right now, effectively, no one is really doing it as comprehensively as it should be done?"

"I take it you do feel that the cuts in funding for the Federal Protective Service are part of the problem here, but by no means the whole problem, that this is an agency in crisis."

"Do the private security companies have a contractual obligation to certify their employees?"

"I will say to you that it was our judgment in terms of funding--you are right. Last year, we were able to hold the Federal Protective Service basically harmless on its funding."