Political Quotes

“Amendment No. 3 offered by Mr. Chambliss: At the end (page 30, after line 7), add the following new title: TITLE VI--INFORMATION SHARING SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Homeland Security Information Sharing Act''. SEC. 602. FINDINGS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds the following: (1) The Federal Government is required by the Constitution to provide for the common defense, which includes terrorist attack. (2) The Federal Government relies on State and local personnel to protect against terrorist attack. (3) The Federal Government collects, creates, manages, and protects classified and sensitive but unclassified information to enhance homeland (4) Some homeland security information is needed by the State and local personnel to prevent and prepare for terrorist attack. (5) The needs of State and local personnel to have access to relevant homeland security information to combat terrorism must be reconciled with the need to preserve the protected status of such information and to protect the sources and methods used to acquire such information. (6) Granting security clearances to certain State and local personnel is one way to facilitate the sharing of information regarding specific terrorist threats among Federal, State, and local levels of government.”