Political Quotes

“Mr. President, we have heard a spirited debate between two distinguished Senators, two distinguished Americans, who are very passionate about defending America, and I know there will be more debate on this. The Senator from Arizona and those who cosponsor his amendment want to add more authority to the FBI. I rise to say that in the next day, when there is an opportunity to offer another amendment, I will be offering another amendment to give the FBI more money to do the job with the authority it does have. Working on a bipartisan basis, the distinguished Senator from Alabama and I tried to produce a very good bill to fund the Justice Department, one of which is the FBI. We did do a good job, there is no doubt about it, but we operated within the budget caps. Within that, we did the best we could, but there is no doubt that the FBI could use more resources to be able to enhance its counterterrorism efforts and also increase its surveillance by tracking the terrorist threats. So when the opportunity arises, I will be offering an amendment that gives more money to the FBI, that also gives more money--working with the Senator from Wisconsin, Ms. Baldwin--to deal with hate crimes, one of the other significant issues here.…”