Political Quotes

“we all want America to be more secure. The American people are entitled to it. We need to eliminate fear and insecurity in our post-September 11 Nation, but this bill will not accomplish a more effective defense of our Nation because there has been no analysis, no risk assessment, no sense of the actual causes of insecurity, no justification for sweeping changes in 153 different agencies. Nothing in this bill will accomplish security superior to what those 153 agencies can now accomplish through strong leadership. Furthermore, it has been 16 hours since this House passed an amendment to the intelligence authorization bill which will establish a national independent commission to investigate September 11. We will have a new Department with 170,000 employees to respond to 9-11, and yet the commission that will analyze 9-11 has not even begun its work. That is quite a feat. Meanwhile, 170,000 new people in this Department, no idea of how the organization will integrate, 10 years for the Department to be up and running, in the meantime, I predict the reorganization itself will represent a threat to the security of our Nation because it will induce paralysis and administrative breakdown.”