The Department of Homeland Security: An Overview of the President's Proposal : Hearing Before the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, June 20, 2002, Volumen4U.S. Government Printing Office, 2002 - 134 páginas |
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Página 7 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Página 92 - Security would lead the federal government's efforts in preparing for and responding to the full range of terrorist threats involving weapons of mass destruction.
Página 73 - I thank you, Mr. Chairman, and yield back the balance of my time.
Página 3 - We appreciate both of you being here with us today. Mr. Waxman is not with us but we will turn to Mr. Tierney and let him make his opening statement. [The prepared statement of Hon. Dan Burton follows:] Opening Statement Chairman Dan Burton Committee on Government Reform 'Justice Department Misconduct in Boston: Are Legislative Solutions Required?
Página 41 - Without objection, so ordered. [The prepared statement of Hon. Wm. Lacy Clay follows:] Statement of the Honorable William Lacy Clay Before the Government Reform Committee February 6, 2002 "The History of Congressional Access to Deliberative Justice Department Documents
Página 88 - During his June 6th address to the nation, the President asked Congress to join him in establishing a single, permanent department with an overriding and urgent mission: securing the homeland of America, and protecting the American people.
Página 92 - ... mean to do us harm. We must closely monitor who is coming into and out of our country to help prevent foreign terrorists from entering our country and bringing in their instruments of terror. At the same time, we must expedite the legal flow of people and goods on which our economy depends. Securing our borders and controlling entry to the United States has always been the responsibility of the Federal Government. Yet, this responsibility and the security of our transportation systems is now...
Página 92 - It would direct exercises and drills for federal, state, and local chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) attack response teams and plans. The result of this effort would be to consolidate and synchronize the disparate efforts of multiple federal agencies currently scattered across several departments. This would create a single office whose primary mission is the critical task of protecting the United States from catastrophic terrorism.
Página 92 - This would create a single office whose primary mission is the critical task of protecting the United States from catastrophic terrorism. The Department would serve as a focal point for America's premier centers of excellence in the field. It would manage national efforts to develop diagnostics, vaccines, antibodies, antidotes, and other Countermeasures. It would consolidate and prioritize the disparate homeland security related research and development programs currently scattered throughput the...
Página 86 - ... the first time merge under one roof the capability to identify and assess threats to the homeland, map those threats against our vulnerabilities, issue timely warnings, and organize preventive or protective action to secure the homeland. CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, RADIOLOGICAL AND NUCLEAR COUNTERMEASURES The war against terrorism is also a war against the most deadly weapons known to mankind — chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear weapons. If the terrorists acquire these weapons, they will...