NYT/AP: House Panel Criticizes Homeland Security

[DeepModem Mom]

House Panel Criticizes Homeland Security
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: May 17, 2006


WASHINGTON (AP) -- A House panel gave a tongue-lashing to the Department of Homeland Security Wednesday before approving a $32.1 billion spending plan for the troubled agency.

The Appropriations Committee approved by voice vote the agency's budget for the fiscal year beginning Oct. 1 after quarreling over -- and defeating -- Democratic proposals to boost funding for port and border security and grants to emergency first-responders.

The GOP-drafted budget bill for the department would devote $19.6 billion to various border security and immigration enforcement programs, a 9 percent increase over current funding....

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Despite awarding the budget increase, lawmakers had harsh words for the sprawling agency, assembled from 22 different federal agencies in 2003.

''No longer will we tolerate excuses and delays due to reorganizations, personnel shortages, and poor financial management,'' said Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky. ''Those days are over.''...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Congress-Spending.html

[ixion]

1. No longer will we tolerate...blah blah blah

here's 32 billion we don't have, that we're giving to an agency that's shown to be nothing more than trough for the MIC. :grr:

[gratuitous]

2. My dear old dad did the same thing

But I skedaddled out the door every Friday night with money in my pocket. The "you don't appreciate the value of a dollar" speech was just the price I had to pay to get the dollar.

[walkon]

3. OMG

A tongue lashing. After defeating Democratic proposals which might provide some protection to Americans. I bet that toungue lash still stings.