Bennie Thompson actually said...

We must resist this easy organizational chart test and look to the substance of how responsibilities are allocated and how we are being protected.

Thompson emphasizes the importance of substance over organizational structure in homeland security.

04/01/2009

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I noted that there were domestic groups that may constitute a threat because of linkages between extreme ideology and a willingness to take ...

As a Homeland Security Committee, we are charged with the responsibility of ensuring this Nation's security.

I do not think any of what we should do should be to have the result of being punitive.

I do not think any of us would want a community to be at risk because of policies that we are doing.