Byron Dorgan: “It means if the most serious threat to our country exists from a terrorist organization that has rebuilt and regenerated…”

“It means if the most serious threat to our country exists from a terrorist organization that has rebuilt and regenerated its capability to attack us in our homeland--and that is what our National Intelligence Estimate tells us--it means homeland security is ever more important and the investments in that homeland security, in the accounts such as port security, aviation security, border security, are so unbelievably important. That is why I called this bill ``urgent.'' There is an urgency about passing this bill because of this serious threat.”