Congress should fix the grant program so that money is allocated strictly based on risk. The security of our nation depends on it. Unfortunately, the Senate bill does not achieve that goal.

Money should be spent on homeland security based on risk management rather than politics.

President Bush's appointment of Homeland Security chairman Christopher Coxas chairman of the SEC may be good news for business, but not forthe future of homeland security.

One of the biggest challenges will be to persuade Congress to support a homeland security funding system that is based on risk rather than politics.

The mission of the Department of Homeland Security to prevent another September 11, not to subsidize local fire stations so they can buy health club memberships.

From the beginning,Congress got the disaster system it wanted and fought for. It is a system in the image of Washington politics: inept.

Our plan addresses the long-term fiscal imbalance while promoting limited government and economic growth. The plan fundamentally reforms the tax code while aggressively cutting federal spending to hold down the debt.

Spreading pork, opposing rational cost-benefit analysis, and creating unionized federal employeeswill notmake the United States safer.