Richard Burr: “our enemies are watching us. The terrorists know it is an election year, and they want us to become divided. They…”

“our enemies are watching us. The terrorists know it is an election year, and they want us to become divided. They believe that a terrorist act against our country will influence our elections. They have a belief that democracy can be divided; yet they underestimate the passion of our citizens and their patriotism. Despite the decision of minority Members to play politics with this bill, I believe we all are united against our enemies. These are serious times, and it is important that we send a message to our enemies that we cannot be divided. Support this intelligence bill. Send the message. It sends the message that we are on the offensive to eliminate the threats to our homeland. Our intelligence community needs to know the United States Congress supports them 100 percent. This bill increases the funding for the global war on terrorism. It increases by 22 percent our human intelligence. It supports our effort on counternarcotics to eliminate the 17,000 Americans that die every year from drug-related causes and the $160 billion annually in health care, social, and criminal costs. We have provided extra funding for the DCI to tackle this problem in this country.”