So what are the challenges to getting all of the law enforcement entities within the State of Delaware to participate?

As you can tell, someone with his role as both an authorizer and an appropriator in federal law enforcement-related activity and with his long experience and intense interest is a tremendous resource and ally for us.

Thank you, Chairman Leahy.

This legislation has provided state and local police with the funding they need to hire or retain officers who would otherwise have to be let go due to budget challenges.

It is an honor to convene this hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

9/11 taught us that the old way of doing business, when each police department, law enforcement, or intelligence agency acted as an island unto itself was counterproductive and, indeed, in the context of 9/11, even dangerous.

I wanted to hold this hearing here in Delaware because our State has a strong history of working together with its federal partners to deliver safer communities for our citizens.

I agree. We have seen a great deal in the Committee that internationally both organized crime and terrorist groups are engaging in an unprecedented level of counterfeiting pharmaceuticals, aircraft parts, other industrial activity, as well…

I am confident that folks both in New Castle County, Wilmington, the State would be interested in partnering with you.

Building off the lessons of the attacks of 9/11, Delaware police and their federal partners have created a system of collaborative policing that builds on the strengths of each.

Mr. President, I rise today to speak to the proceedings that just occurred in this body with regard to ethanol and to talk about how I see them from the perspective of my home State of Delaware. Today, the Senate agreed on a path forward…