Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, as a member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, I support the passage of H.R. 2071, the Intelligence Authorization for Fiscal Year 2010. This important legislation addresses many critical issues for our intelligence community and provides essential resources for the men and women of the intelligence community to do the hard work to combat our ever emerging threats. It provides necessary guidance and oversight, especially in key areas of notification and accountability to Congress. I am also very pleased about the improvements made in several key areas of importance to our national security including counterterrorism, acquisition reform, cybersecurity, and satellites. H.R. 2071 advances our counterterrorism work by strengthening the ability of the National Counterterrorism Center to share information with State and local law enforcement officials without the risk of that information being exposed. The bill also ensures that Congress continues to receive reporting on intelligence concerning terrorist financial assets. Mirroring the crucial cost control work my colleagues and I implemented in the House Armed Services Committee, this measure includes a number of provisions that bring our Intelligence community acquisition procedures closer in line with recently enacted Department of Defense acquisition reforms. These represent signifilant reforms to the way the intelligence community conducts acquisitions.…”