Bennie Thompson actually said...

"Everyone agrees that we should spend our homeland security dollars where they are needed most in an efficient and effective manner."

"As a Ranking Member of the authorizing committee for the Department of Homeland Security, I urge my colleagues to take a serious look at this effort to authorize a consolidation of needed Homeland Sec..."

"We do not believe that a decade's worth of work in building the regional governance and collaboration structures of these programs should be discarded."

"I think the application ought to be across the board so that if a cut is there, it is tied to risk."