I want to associate myself with Mr. Keating and Mr. Paine's remarks about our responsibility to ensure that as you are the protector of the homeland, that you have the resources necessary to be flexible, to be responsive, to be proactive, to do what you need to do to keep me safe without engaging in the political wranglings of whether or not we should be holding the President's foot to the fire on something that he did because Congress couldn't see fit to do.
Bonnie Watson Coleman: “I want to associate myself with Mr. Keating and Mr. Paine's remarks about our responsibility to ensure that as you are…”
On the recordFebruary 10, 2015
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Emphasizes the need for Homeland Security to have necessary resources without political interference.
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