Bennie Thompson actually said...

"if we don't have a Department that is funded, a lot of the missions we have talked about here today will suffer."

"Within the next 5 years, the Secret Service will provide protection through two Presidential election cycles, two Democratic national conventions, two Republican national conventions, the 75th anniver..."

"the essential funding for the Department of Homeland Security is no place for the majority to showboat against immigration reform that strengthens our economy and our country."

"A lot of those reductions have not allowed us to really do effective committee work."