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Homeland Security Quotes

In fact, allowing immigrants to have licenses actually improves homeland security by allowing our government to track who is in our borders.
- Joe Baca

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

There is such a desire to give everybody a piece, we're probably wasting a great deal of homeland security money trying to be politically correct, when we really need to make sure that our cities get the money they need.
- Shelley Berkley

We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.
- Michael Bloomberg

The 9/11 Commission recently released their report, citing important changes which need to be made to improve our nation's homeland security. I voiced my disappointment with the House leadership when this report was left until after the August recess for action.
- Leonard Boswell

I never would've thought in Homeland Security that you would see someone saying that we needed to have hearings on radicalization of Christianity because it's a purported threat to America as much as radicalization of Islam.
- Mo Brooks

This is a wonderful way to celebrate an 80th birthday... I wanted to be 65 again, but they wouldn't let me - Homeland Security.
- Art Buchwald

There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security.
- Andrew Card

We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
- Kate Clinton

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

While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars.
- Michael Crapo

I'm very confident that the solutions that we are developing are going to be effective not only in application in Iraq, but also will be very helpful for potential homeland security situations as well.
- Geoff Davis

Ports are the gaping hole in America's homeland security.
- Dianne Feinstein

Since the tragedies, the Department of Homeland Security was established to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States, and most importantly, to share intelligence information among government agencies and departments.
- Randy Forbes

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

Since September 11th Congress has created the Department of Homeland Security, more than doubled the homeland security budget and implemented a bipartisan overhaul of our intelligence systems.
- Doc Hastings

The Homeland Security department doesn't have tasking authority in the intelligence community. They can ask for stuff, but they can't direct anything except inside their bureau.
- David Hunt

Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo?
- Lee Iacocca

There is nothing more important to our Nation's future, to our homeland security, and to our economy than ensuring we have a top-notch educational system that is the envy of the world.
- Jim Jeffords

And how the government communicates about homeland security is central to how the public responds.
- Patrick J Kennedy

'Know your enemy, name your enemy' is a 9/11 message that has gone unheeded. Our immigration and homeland security policies refuse to profile jihadi adherents at foreign consular offices and at our borders.
- Michelle Malkin

The last thing the Department of Homeland Security is about is infringing on anybody's constitutionally protected rights.
- Janet Napolitano

It would be unwise to say the least, irresponsible of us at the TSA, at the Homeland Security Department not to evolve our technology to match the changing threat environment that we inhabit.
- Janet Napolitano

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

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

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

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

Going forward, as we work to strengthen our border in the interests of homeland security, we must also recognize the economic importance of immigration reform.
- Dave Reichert

To my knowledge, the Department of Homeland Security has focused on detection devices that are large, expensive, use a large amount of energy, and cannot easily be placed in or on a shipping container.
- Jim Ryun

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

The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security.
- Warren Rudman

Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's taken a long time for the Congress to decide how much it wanted to fund.
- Warren Rudman

Isn't that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage?
- Rick Santorum

How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens?
- Phyllis Schlafly

In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough.
- Charles Schumer

From my standpoint, I want to work with homeland security, justice to make sure that U.S. citizens' vote is not diluted.
- Rick Scott

We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.
- L Neil Smith

An overstretched military undermines homeland security and our ability to meet threats around the world.
- Ellen Tauscher

Virginia is the absolute leader in homeland security and defense and information technology.
- Mark Warner

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