Andrew Garbarino: “I think even a CR is not good for what we're doing here with cybersecurity. We have to do a fully funded appropriations…”

I don’t want to be mean.

Being chairman of the committee, being a New Yorker, it's one of those things you focus on, and you want to make sure another 9/11 doesn't happen, and doesn't ever happen again. And that's my goal. That's my priority.

I appreciate President Trump’s responsiveness, engagement, and swift action to heed my calls and reverse these drastic and dangerous funding cuts to vital DHS grants, which support New York City’s counterterrorism efforts.

Congress is very good at being reactive... We don't want another 9/11. So if I could leave my fingerprints on something here, it's the fact that the focus, Congress' focus on national security, Congress' focus on homeland security or…