I have serious concerns about the Republican plans to cut funding for the agency, and effect that those cuts will have on our taxpayers.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Commissioner, again I want to thank you for being here, and I want to thank you for your years of service.
The majority's plan to cut $600 million from the agency budget this year will result in $4 billion in lost revenue.
there is about $100 billion in new discretionary funding in the bill that, of course, was hidden...
the Bush tax cuts have been in place now for almost 10 years and they have not created a single job.
I think we are on the cusp of being able to make that leap.
I think if we don't give DHS more authority, we will not succeed at this, and I think CFATS might be a useful model to think about.
the development of technology has to be left to the private sector, and they are just the masters at it.
It is not secure now.
As an individual more vulnerable? Yes. But as a Nation, is our critical infrastructure more vulnerable? Not as much.
We were on the path to being more secure, and I think the work that this committee and others in Congress can do might get us there by 2012,...