Administration Quote by Solomon Ortiz

This Congress has promised all manner of border security and port security to the tune of billions of dollars... yet we have - to…

— Solomon Ortiz

Each year over 2,500 commercial vessels enter the Port of Hampton Roads alone, so adequate funding for port security is a significant issue for…

— Bobby Scott

Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide security. The…

— Kit Bond

We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure…

— Vito Fossella

These funds will ensure that ports will be able to pay for adequate security measures to protect all Americans against terrorist attacks from our…

— Bobby Scott

Right now we have a $600-billion or so Defense Department budget, but when you add in, for example, a trillion-dollar nuclear weapons program over…

— Jill Stein

Last year, New York got $200 million. This year, we're going to give them $124 million under this particular program. But last year was…

— Michael Chertoff

In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment on our…

— Cedric Richmond

And let us not forget the Social Security system. Recent studies show that undocumented workers sustain the Social Security system with a subsidy as…

— Luis Gutierrez

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…

— Warren Rudman

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

— Dianne Feinstein

NASA's annual budget for space exploration could fund NOAA's budget for ocean exploration for 1600 years.

— Robert Ballard