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Washington, D.C. - Congressman Harold Ford, Jr. issued the following statement after the Department of Homeland Security made almost $400 million in grants to certain cities and states:
“Five years after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, this country still has not developed a comprehensive homeland security strategy. We throw money at the problem, leaving states and local governments to their own devices to develop their own homeland security strategy. The result is that too many first responders – like cops and firefighters in Gallatin – still don’t have the interoperable communications equipment they need.
“This needs to change. We need a different set of priorities and more and smarter funding to protect us here at home. While our national targets like New York and Washington clearly must be protected, we must not do so at the expense of Memphis, Nashville and Tri-Cities.”
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