David Price, Ciro Rodriguez question Michael Chertoff on fence waiver; "contingency miles"; hilarious posturing

Earlier today, Department of Homeland Security secretary Michael Chertoff spoke to Congress about the waivers he's using to apparently build part of the border fence.
"This is a major exercise of the waiver authority which goes beyond, I think, what many of us anticipated," House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman David Price, D-N.C., said to Chertoff Thursday.

Price said Congress also instructed the department to conduct consultations with local officials and residents before constructing fencing and gave the department flexibility to not build fencing. Price said that the department needs to complete only about 360 miles of fencing to meet its goal for the year, and questioned why laws were being waived to build 470 miles.

Rep. Ciro Rodriguez, D-Texas, said he was not against fencing but does not believe the department has held adequate consultations with residents in his district.

"Because you have the right that doesn't mean you ought to have taken that right," he said. "I think in all honesty in some cases you've been misinformed by your own people."
They didn't, however, discuss withholding funds. And, there's apparently a little creativity involved:
He acknowledged that 470 miles of fencing is more than the department plans to construct, saying the additional fencing represents "contingency miles" or might be used to turn existing vehicle barriers into pedestrian fencing.
Now for some hilarious posturing from Chertoff, he also said:
"If it's the last thing I do in this job, I'm going to . . . live up to the commitments we've made to the American people."

Comments

The fence is a joke and Chertoff is a one world foreign guy who will tell you anything you want to hear, the fence by the NAFTA Can not be build its against the understanding of both ruler inside the former USA And the drug gangs in mexico city, all you see is a lie all you understand is a lie and all you will get from the pigs and evildoers is fabrications by low life one world rats, so what don't you fools get and this murdering one world government AND how many times must you be told BS? And many still believe the BS? All are lies sad to say many still have some trust in this government who hates the Bill of RIGHTS and anyone who has trust is a fool.

Chertoff is beginning to look like the Iraqui Information guy who claimed that they were holding onto the country as the American Army was rolling over them. In short -a bald faced liar!

Fred, We do know we are being lied to, and stalled and ignored. If we did what you always suggest we would be in jail. So what suggestions do you have that would actually work?

Mary we our all in a prison nation most just don't know it yet. The system is all about mass slow motion holocaust in-order to fool you and someday soon when it has its mass third world population the slow motion holocaust will get real fast when that third world political leaders take power in all levels of government. Its been going on little by little for over 50 years inside your low life congress and when the time is right the power rats of mexico city and the little evil drug dealers who now have a real Amry in places like L.A. Will use that evil force. by the way do you know that the mexican population which now holds a city inside the Former USA Loves guys like Bin Laden? and hitler? you may say that is nuts but the facts are in front of people but yet people will not look it in the face out of total fear of the truth of evil at your door, that will someday murder millions of Americans. But Mary do not fear we can still write and talk as long as we can do that and not be shot by the cops of mexico city inside the former USA We have something for now, but only for now that day will end soon.