Kendrick Meek: “When I get back to my district, I am going to become a member of the Rotary Club, because I do have a pin. Let me just…”

“When I get back to my district, I am going to become a member of the Rotary Club, because I do have a pin. Let me just say very quickly that this whole issue of the homeland security, and what we do and what they haven't done, when I say they, I am saying the Republican majority, as you know I am a member of the Homeland Security Committee. Last week we had a press conference. {time} 2330 We talked about our Real Security Plan, and we talked about the fact that Republican majority has shown that they are not ready to put forth this plan. What is this plan? This plan embodies 100 percent of the recommendations that the 9/11 Commission called for. Wow. The government spent a lot of money and put together a bipartisan commission. They have hearings, they go throughout the country, they go to New York, they have hearings here in Washington, D.C., have former Members of Congress, have the National Security Advisor to the President come before them, have the President of these United States come before them, have Members of Congress and other security experts, CIA personnel, you name it, other clandestine organizations within the Federal Government. Some hearings are secure, some hearings are public. They put forth their report and we say, well, let's see. We will do this and we won't do that. When you talk about national security, you can't skimp on the butter.…”