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Martin Sabo: “It is true we have limited dollars. It is also true we have an immense new challenge. I hear all this rhetoric that we…”

On the recordOctober 7, 2004
It is true we have limited dollars. It is also true we have an immense new challenge. I hear all this rhetoric that we are in a war on terrorism and that we are and have potential targets in this country. It only strikes me from open and closed hearings that I have been at that we are pretty casual about the threat we face in this country. Clearly, we have spent billions, and some progress has been made. But the gaps are there, and they are large and they are substantial. It is always impossible to deal with every potential gap that someone can think of. That is impossible in a free society. On the other hand, we know that there are large targets in this country that, frankly, we have not done enough about.
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Martin Sabo
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Discussing the challenges of funding and addressing terrorism threats during a House floor debate.

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