Tim Scott actually said...

"No, there is absolutely no reason. In fact, most facilities are going to communicate with their local Joint Terrorism Task Force and the FBI and the local law enforcement."

"I think if we are going to put an effort in to combine some things, it certainly shouldn't be with DHS and EPA."

"EPA is very strong on environmental protection and not as strong in site security, physical security, transportation security."

"EPA does a very good job in that respect. They do not have a lot of expertise in site-security types of programs."