On the recordOctober 7, 2004
The 9/11 Commission examined ways that terrorists are trying to attack us and pointed out problems with how our intelligence agencies tackle this threat. Our intelligence community was set up more than 50 years ago to deal with threats from the Soviet Union in the Cold War. Today we face new threats and our intelligence agencies need to adapt. The 9/11 Commission showed us a way to do that. I believe H.R. 10 is too weak. It does not do enough to address the threat from terrorism and weapons of mass destruction our country faces. I offered an amendment in committee last week to improve the bill's provisions on the budget authority of the National Intelligence Director. It was voted down on a party-line vote, even though the same provision is part of the bipartisan Senate bill that passed 96 to 2 yesterday.
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