Bennie Thompson actually said...

"Our energies will be wasted and our opportunities will be squandered if we do not work towards the goal of making the people of this Nation safer."

"This strategy sounds a great deal like the PRECISE Act, a bill this committee marked up last Congress but was prevented from moving to the Floor by the Majority leadership."

"We cannot play our part in assuring the success of the homeland security mission if we are not willing to use the full weight of the committee structure--both subcommittees and the full committee--to ..."

"As Members of Congress, each of us has a responsibility to ensure that the Department is able to adequately perform its mission of protecting the Nation from and responding to terrorist attacks, man-m..."