Jeff Fortenberry Quotes

I just want to keep America safe. Who could be against that?

When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly.

The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority.

Secondly, security. Both the challenges we face in the world and the responsibilities that our country has in protecting our people, are major issues. We need to do more in the context of domestic security.

Why has an administration that talks so much about terrorism and homeland security demonstrated so little competence when it comes to securing the homeland?

National security, both internal and external, is a challenge.

America has survived and grown stronger through September 11th and subsequent wars with Afghanistan and Iraq and those who seek to do us harm. We have faced - and met - tremendous challenges ramping up a public health and safety system to protect Americans from future threats.

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

Since September 11, the U.S. has significantly improved its security to prevent another attack.

I go to bed at night worrying that I didn't do enough that day to make sure I protect the American people.

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

The president's priority is to protect the safety and security of the American people. That's the physical security of the American people as well as the prosperity of the American people.

I would say national security is work in progress.

I am committed to ensure that our intelligence community, law enforcement, medical professionals, and military have the information and funding needed to protect the American people from threats at home and abroad.

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

Four years after 9/11 it is scandalous that police and firefighters in large cities still cannot communicate reliably in a major crisis. It is scandalous that airline passengers are still not screened against all names on a terrorist watch list. It is scandalous that we still allocate scarce homeland security dollars on the basis of pork barrel spending, not risk.

Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence.

With terrorism becoming the increasing tactic of choice, the military component would become a smaller component of our national security system.

The safety and security of the nation depends more so than ever before on intelligence.

Throwing money after security turns out to be a classic example of the law of diminishing marginal utility.

We are much safer in the United States, but not yet safe.

Security today is important, but 90 percent of security involves other co functions of government.

Many threats to the homeland begin overseas, and that's where we need to be.

Let us learn from the lessons of September 11 and not wait for a major strike before we act. We must work together - Democrats and Republicans, Congress and the White House, government and the private sector - to make our country a safer and more prosperous place.

First and foremost, my job is to protect the American people.