Bennie Thompson actually said...

"I guarantee you that if we fail to act, we will be discussing this issue again."

"Again I come back to the fact that that, particularly with home-grown terrorists, the State and law enforcers are in the best position to create the relationships within the communities that will allo..."

"We have to rely more in this phase, new phase, of this war with terrorism on the State and locals, and they can't do it without financial help from the Federal Government."

"We must recognize that small businesses and others that suffer an economic loss due to a terrorist act should not have to shoulder the burden alone."