Chuck Schumer: “We have 2.8 million fewer Americans in jobs than we had when President Bush took office. We have tens of millions of…”

“We have 2.8 million fewer Americans in jobs than we had when President Bush took office. We have tens of millions of Americans who have jobs, but their jobs are not as good as the jobs they used to have. We should be debating that issue. I say to my colleague from Nevada and my colleague from Montana that we should be debating homeland security, which is vital to our future. There are many opinions on the offense, but clearly President Bush has a plan and has implemented it. But a good team needs defense. On homeland security, this country is not doing close to what we need to do. Even if, God willing, tomorrow we were to get rid of Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, and al-Qaida, other groups would come forward. Are we protected from shoulder-held missile launchers? Are our planes protected? No. Are we protected from somebody smuggling a nuclear weapon into this country? Are we doing much about it? No. Is our northern border, which my State shares with Canada for hundreds of miles, at all adequately guarded so bad people cannot come in? No. Is there money in the President's budget to do these activities? No.”