So many lies I don’t know where to start.
Washington, DC - Today Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Fred Thompson (R-TN) hailed the passage of an amendment creating the new Department of Homeland Security, which the Senate adopted by a vote of 73 to 26. Final passage of the legislation, H.R. 5005, is expected later today.
The Thompson substitute amendment is identical to H.R. 5710, which was passed by the House of Representatives on November 13. With Senate passage of this bipartisan agreement, the legislation will be sent to President Bush to be signed into law...
The Thompson amendment also includes much needed reforms for the Immigration and Naturalization Service to promote stronger border security and immigration services. To address U.S. vulnerability to cyber attacks, the legislation includes language requiring federal agencies to utilize information security best practices to ensure the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of federal information systems...
http://hsgac.senate.gov/111902press2.htm
“I’m concerned about the next 12 million or 20 million. So that’s why enforcement, and enforcement at the border, has to be primary.”
“I think most people feel disillusioned after 1986 when we had this deal offered to them before, and now we’re insisting that, you know, we solve the security problem first, and then we’ll talk about what to do with regard to other things - certainly no amnesty or nothing blanket like that.”
If we can make it nearly impossible for an invader to get a job and give the border patrol the authority and resources to arrest illegals and send them back where they came from, more than half the battle will have been won.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,258222,00.html
George P. Bush has NO role in Thompson campaign. He endorsed him on his own.
Fred Thompson left public service in 2002. At a point he acknowledged after September 11, 2001 as critical: “Now is not the time for me to leave”.
Fred had his choice of Senator or Governor to contribute to “the long hard road” of critical issues like terrorism.
He chose to work for DisneyABC instead. And the public was left with a weak southern boarder. So I understand that Fred’s empty rhetoric didn’t exactly defeat terrorism or solve board problems in the last five years? We have a new homeland security agency though. I should thank Fred for contributing to guide that agency too?