to the forward confirmation of suzanne spaulding to be the under secretary for national nationalng -- rejection of programs directory. leon rodriguez to be the next andat of u.s. citizenship immigration services and dr. ritchie brothers between next undersecretary for science and technology. we are actively recruiting telik -- talented people to be undersecretary for intelligence and analysis, director for immigration enforcement. the next chief financial officer and other key positions. finally, we will also continually reinforce among all the men and women of the department the common unifying mission of homeland security that binds us together. homeland security security is the most important mission in the government can provide for its people. in new york was city on 9/11. for years, my secretary at the law firm i was with in manhattan was a woman named gina teachey ichiari. she works about 50 hours a week, raises two weeks, the wife of a retired new york city police officer, plays by the rules and never makes wages. in 2000 love and she was walking into the world trade center wi

i have to give my own shout out suzanne spaulding, who was the staff director of the national commissionn terrorism, formed by congress in 1989. it is one of three groups that predicted a major attack on u.s. soil. i was part of that group. lamenting with the chairman on that people were not paying attention. thenne went on to become chief counsel to the house homeland security committee when i was a ranking member. she is very well trained for the mission. as are many people who work with you. since i mentioned to congress. >> i love congress. [laughter] >> good start. >> i do. nobody believes me. >> you will get a lot of opportunity to do that. [laughter] >> the other day i was on the hill i said let's do some , drive-bys. let's stop often see friends of mine. are you sure? don't we make appointments? we can do that. i just stop and say happy new year. i caught a number of important members of congress by surprise. it is relationship building. a lot of members of congress, i know and respect. >> i'm pleased to hear you say that. when michael chertoff was the secretary, he would routine

to the forward confirmation of suzanne spaulding to be the under secretary for national nationalng --rejection of programs directory. leon rodriguez to be the next andat of u.s. citizenship immigration services and dr. ritchie brothers between next undersecretary for science and technology. we are actively recruiting telik -- talented people to be undersecretary for intelligence and analysis, director for immigration enforcement. the next chief financial officer and other key positions. finally, we will also continually reinforce among all the men and women of the department the common unifying mission of homeland security that binds us together. homeland security security is the most important mission in the government can provide for its people. in new york was city on 9/11. for years, my secretary at the law firm i was with in manhattan was a woman named gina teachey ichiari. she works about 50 hours a week, raises two weeks, the wife of a retired new york city police officer, plays by the rules and never makes wages. in 2000 love and she was walking into the world trade center wit

i have to give my own shout out to suzanne spaulding was the staff director something called the national commission on terrorism, formed by congress in 1999. it was one of three groups that predicted a major attack on u.s. soil. i was on that group, and limiting with its chairman on september 10, 2001, that people were not paying attention. well, people then start to pay attention and suzanne of course went on to become the chief counsel to the house homeland security committee for the democratic side when i was ranking member. so she is very well trained for the mission. as are many other people who work with you. since i mentioned congress, let's talk about congress. i am still -- >> i love congress. [laughter] >> good start. >> i do. nobody believes me. >> you are going to get a lot of opportunity to do that. >> i know, i know. the other day i was on the hill and i said to our legislation for templates used in drive-bys. let's stop often do -- see some friends of mine. are you sure? we can do that, but i will just stop and say happy new year, and caught a number of very important memb

. >> i have to get my own shot out to suzanne spaulding was the director of the national commission on terrorism formed by congress in 1999. it is one of three groups that predicted a major attack on u.s. soil. i was part of that group. people started to pay attention. she is very well trained for the mission. as are many other people who work with you. since i mentioned congress, let's talk about congress. >> i love congress. [laughter] >> good start. >> i do. nobody believes me. >> you'll get a lot of opportunity to do that. >> the other day i was on the hill. i said let's do some drive-bys. let's stop often see friends of mine. are you sure? don't we make appointments? we can do that. i just stopped to say happy new year. it is relationship building. members of congress that i know and respect. >> i'm pleased to hear you say that. when michael chertoff was the director, he would routinely invite me as the chairman of a subcommittee down here for breakfast. we would talk about issues. we formed a professional relationship which developed into a friendship. i know you are having fun.