#homeland

Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for it. ↗

— Jim Clyburn

#against #agenda #committee #democrats #homeland

From the Bush Administration to the 9-11 Commission, there is an urgent and universally recognized need to change the broken formula through which Homeland Security grant money currently is allocated to our first responders. ↗

— Vito Fossella

#allocated #broken #bush #bush administration #change

In fact, in 2002, the Secretary of Defense authorized such support on a reimbursable basis to organizations formerly components of the Department of Justice and Department of the Treasury and currently components of the Department of Homeland Security. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#basis #components #currently #defense #department

One of the reasons I continue to speak out is that the solutions to the counterterrorism problem involve other parts of the national security community - especially other elements of the Department of Defense, State, FBI, Homeland Security and the staff. ↗

— John Poindexter

#continue #counterterrorism #defense #department #elements

I never know what I'm going to do for the Post next. Two weeks ago I had a piece on Homeland Security. This is one of my pig ongoing projects. How unprepared we are for a terrorist attack. ↗

— Sally Quinn

#attack #going #had #homeland #homeland security

I strongly support the call to greatly expand our human intelligence capability to penetrate al Qaeda and gather critical intelligence to prevent terrorist attacks on our homeland. ↗

— Jim Ramstad

#attacks #call #capability #critical #expand

Our nation owes a debt of gratitude to the 9/11 Commission members for their valuable service and important recommendations to improve homeland security. ↗

— Jim Ramstad

#debt #gratitude #homeland #homeland security #important

Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security. ↗

— Mike Ross

#departments #fema #fire #flexibility #grant

I wonder what it felt to move to a country where you didn't grow up. I had thought about that often since my sister got married. Do you become a character in a story native to that land, or do you, somewhere in your heart, want to return to your homeland. ↗

— Banana Yoshimoto

#homeland #nostalgia #nostalgia

We need to keep investing in economic and homeland security. We need to bank on the right kind of economic development. We need to embrace opportunities, but with the right kind of safeguards. ↗

— John Baldacci

#development #economic #economic development #embrace #homeland