The President's News Conference
02/16/2005
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
We cannot have bureaucratic rules preventing this President and future Presidents from meeting the needs of the American people.
This guy is a dictator, so we'll have to see what he says.
I intend to designate Admiral James M. Loy of Virginia to be Acting Under Secretary of Transportation for Security.
I'm confident they'll look back and say, 'I'm proud of their service because America became a better place as a result of their sacrifices.'