Political Quotes

“I turn now to title III. The pending legislation requires the development of a national strategy for combating terrorism and homeland security response. I have been the author, with colleagues on the other side of the aisle, Senator Nunn, who was chairman of our Committee on Armed Services, and Chairman Levin, the current chairman, and urged that these various reports concerning the security of our United States be brought by the administration to the Congress in a timely manner so we can make our appropriate decisions on the budget. Time and again, our committees have done that. It has been, generally speaking, a good response by successive administrations on this subject. When the President established the Office of Homeland Security, he directed Governor Ridge to develop a comprehensive strategy to protect the United States from attack, which is right here. Therefore, I think it is again redundant for this specific section in title III to be enacted which more or less formalizes, again, the necessity for producing this report which the President has voluntarily done. I see the distinguished Senator from Connecticut in the Chamber. I commend him for the hard work he has done, and I strongly urge that this body be given the opportunity soon to make its final deliberations and that this important legislation be adopted in whatever form is the will of the Senate.”