Political Quotes

“providing for homeland security and securing our Nation against the threat of terrorism must continue to be our foremost challenge. However, many of my Senate colleagues and I recognize the budgetary strains caused by the mounting expenditures of our limited resources--and the potential future costs--of responding to the multiple and varied threats of terrorism. Our State, county, and local agencies are struggling to fund the prevention and mitigation of every imaginable attack on our citizens and our critical infrastructure. Further, providing multi-million dollar allocations at the Federal level to prevent or mitigate all perceived threats to homeland security, or to respond to each terrorism incident, could in itself bankrupt our national economy. The best management decisions at all levels of Government and industry on allocating scarce resources to the war on terrorism need an effective analytical approach to help understand the risks and to help improve the strategic and operational decisions to address those risks.”