Marc Short Quotations

Since Sept. 11th, we've provided more than ten billion dollars in funding to states and urban areas for these types of measures.

It is hard for us to know right now whether or not the localities have over-invested or under-invested. Once we have this document and a national plan, we can see how they've been spending their money.

No one is guaranteed to be on the list one year to the next.

There's nothing that would restrict a city from allocating funds to a church or synagogue that faces a grave danger or risk. We have always said we have felt this was redundant and unnecessary.

This year, we identified 66 ports that we view as the greatest risk, and only those were eligible to apply for the funds. Not all 66 were funded.

There are communities that have not been as proactive as say, San Francisco and Oakland in having a mutual plan in how to respond or how to prevent certain attacks.

The administration has not supported the funding for physical fitness equipment as part of the fire grant program. Physical fitness is an individual responsibility.

Despite the scoring, the results are absolutely in accord with our risk assessment.

We do not have any reason to believe there are inaccuracies but we've agreed to make sure our data matches their data.

What we're really practicing is risk mitigation. You will not be able to say everywhere every city is safe at all times. What you want to say is, are we continually getting safer?