Sean Reyes: “I am proud of the job that our men and women are doing in the war against terrorism, whether they are in the military…”

“I am proud of the job that our men and women are doing in the war against terrorism, whether they are in the military, whether they are in the intelligence community or civilians. But to me, today, the issue is about oversight and about funding the effort. I think debate is healthy. I think we should exchange ideas and, yes, maybe even political philosophies from time to time. We go to the intelligence community and we ask them, what is it that you need? How much money will it take to get the job done? They tell us, they give us a budget, they give us a proposal; and then we come back and say, we can only give you 33 percent of that money. Do they give us 33 percent effort? No. They give us 100 percent, so we should fund them at 100 percent. So why are we doing that? I am sure that our men and women that are putting their lives on the line are asking that very same question: Why? To them, it is not about politics, it is not about budgets, it is not about deficits, or even supplementals. To them, it is about support for their effort. To them, it is about funding that effort at 100 percent, and not giving them 33 percent and an IOU or a check-is-in-the-mail promise.”