Bennie Thompson actually said...

"In fiscal year 2012 the Congress passed a bill mandating funding cuts in important Homeland Security grant programs."

"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."