Bill Keating actually said...

"Thank you for having this hearing, which I think is a timely examination of the ways to ensure that our scarce Homeland Security funds are being utilized properly."

"I have said this time and again, both on and off the committee, shortsighted plans that eliminate job-creating programs and compromise our safety for the sake of immediate savings are not always the a..."

"Until we can start to--how can Congress approach this if things are so fractured?"

"I think we are going to be here time and time again--it is like shining a sneaker--trying to see what DHS can do."