Political Quotes

“Good morning, Mr. President. Today I take the floor as the chairperson of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science of the Appropriations Committee. We bring to the Senate for its consideration an element within the domestic spending that I urge my colleagues to support. It provides critical funding to protect America from threats abroad and those threats here at home and to invest in America's future. There are those that meet compelling human needs right here in the United States of America. They also deal with the incompetency of the Bush administration to truly estimate the cost of the war. Today I am asking for support because in protecting America this subcommittee adds funds to the FBI. We add $313 million for the Department of Justice, for both the FBI and DEA and the work they need to do in Afghanistan and in Iraq. Once again, we have underestimated greatly the cost of this war. But we are not going to neglect our duty. This subcommittee provides $23 million to the Drug Enforcement Agency to fight narcoterrorism in Afghanistan, to fight the poppy trade that funds terrorism.”