John Sarbanes: “Additional oversight is required in order to assure that this is done in the right manner. We have agencies with…”

“Additional oversight is required in order to assure that this is done in the right manner. We have agencies with multiple functions. Some relate to homeland security; some do not. How are we going to accommodate that complexity? The Byrd amendment, by requiring further timely participation of the Congress, will give us the opportunity for additional scrutiny to ensure that a massive governmental reorganization is done carefully and effectively. We do not want to create chaos and confusion which will set us back in our efforts to deal with homeland security. The Senator from West Virginia has underscored how carefully we did the National Security Act that reorganized the Department of Defense. That is not being done in this instance. I very strongly support this amendment and urge my colleagues to back it.”