06/24/2004
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
"I have done so."
"By aggressively prosecuting gun criminals and drug dealers, you make neighborhoods safer for all families."
"Over the past 4 years, Attorney General Ashcroft has started the Department of Justice on the right course in the war on terror."
"I hereby designate the specific proposals in the amounts requested herein as emergency requirements."