FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2002
CONTACT: Lisette Mondello
Statement by U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison
on President Bush's Proposal for a Department of Homeland Security
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- "The President is on the right track, but we need to be vigilant about how we implement the plan. We must avoid duplication and bureaucracy. Placing all the relevant security agencies, such as the Transportation Security Administration, which I helped create last year, into a single Department could improve coordination, communication and efficiency. A single authority to oversee security also upgrades the accountability of our operations.
"I am pleased to see the high priority placed on border security, which has never been adequately addressed. Under the President's proposal, border and transportation security are placed on an equal footing with other security functions," Senator Hutchison said.
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