Political Quotes

“I urge the membership to strongly support this piece of legislation for a couple of very important reasons. One, as the gentleman from Kentucky pointed out, FEMA money is running out and, as well, if we think about that in terms of what we need to do to make sure that we continue the momentum towards developing a safer, more secure homeland security, this bill needs to get done before we break for the election. I recognize that there are a lot of tough choices here. I recognize that there are a lot of disagreements over where exactly we ought to be prioritizing the expenditures here, but I view this as an evolving, accommodating balance. I want to salute the chairman of the subcommittee for his great work here. We have had our disagreements, but the chairman has always been there, and he has moved this bill substantially towards a system that I think can evolve into a system that allows the Federal Government to respond to the threats where they most exist. This bill actually goes out and begins to take and continues to take substantial strides towards getting us to the place we need to be.”