Hal Rogers: “These steps are in addition to the funding we already voted out of the House for antiterrorism in fiscal 1997. We voted…”

“These steps are in addition to the funding we already voted out of the House for antiterrorism in fiscal 1997. We voted for an additional $210 million as a part of our bill just last week including $171 million more for the FBI alone. This House has been consistent and single minded. We have been consistent and single minded since Oklahoma City, since the World Trade Center, and since the most recent tragic events in taking steps necessary to move the war against terrorism forward. Today this bill, a part of a four-part initiative, is moving forward to ensure that the resources and authorities to fight terrorism are in place. We expect that they will be used by the administration effectively for the first time in a long time.”