Political Quotes

“One question is: Does America need--assuming that there will be created an Office for Homeland Security--an office in the Presidency for the specific purpose of coordinating our efforts to combat terrorism? I think the Senator from Tennessee just said he agreed--or he thought the President agreed--that some sort of office like that was going to be necessary. Basically, it is the office that Governor Ridge has been occupying now for approximately 10 months. So we agree there is a sufficient potential disorder, with the number of agencies that are going to have a role in our efforts to combat terrorism, and that is the specific and sole focus of this office in the White House; that it justifies somebody to attempt to bring order out of disorder. As I was reviewing the legislation, I found some agencies that, frankly, I had not originally thought were going to be part of the fight to combat terrorism which I did not mention in my earlier remarks. One of those is the Environmental Protection Agency.”