if you don't give them the money and the budget and the tools to get the job done, then you are basically telling them that you don't think very much of the job that you are asking them to do.

I really want to publicly express my appreciation to you for the work that we are doing together to try and get DHS off the High-Risk List.

The point is that you have got to have the budget to do that.

part of the problem is that Congress comes in and sets your priorities and juggles the money around.

Did you know I am Ranking Member on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee and am very interested in making sure that you have the money that you need to get the job done?

I promise you that if we get that and the need is dollars and cents, I would like to work with you.

Thank you.

I would like to know in writing just what exactly it is that you are going to be doing.

It just seems that we don't have enough of that going on today in the Federal Government.

I was told that they were building it way out and it would take the ambassador 35 or 40 minutes to come down to meetings.

next to our national security, the issue of the debt is the second most important thing we need to deal with right now