Tick Tick Tick. . . . .

I just received the following Press Release from Greg VanWoerkem who is Pete Hoekstra's communications guru (not his official title. . . . . just a good way to remember him):

----- Original Message -----

From: VanWoerkom, Greg
To: VanWoerkom, Greg
Sent: Wed Feb 20 15:52:39 2008
Subject: Hoekstra: Day Four

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 20, 2008
FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact:
Greg VanWoerkom, Deputy Press Secretary
(202) 225-4401 office
greg.vanwoerkom@mail.house.gov

DAY FOUR AFTER THE HOUSE FAILED TO APPROVE
THE BIPARTISAN SENATE FISA BILL:
THE CLOCK IS TICKING!

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On February 14, 2008, the Senate passed legislation to update the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) by an overwhelming vote of 68-29. This bill provided a permanent fix to FISA that will allow U.S. intelligence agencies to monitor suspected foreign terrorists before a temporary fix, the Protect America Act, expired at midnight, February 16th.

However, House Nancy Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to allow the House to vote on this bill and instead adjourned the House for a 12-day vacation on February 15th. Andrew McCarthy noted the folly of the decision of the House to leave town with such urgent legislation pending in a February 15th National Review online article:

"Democrats evidently had no time for national security, having exhausted themselves on such cosmic matters as a baseball pitcher’s alleged steroid use and unenforceable, unconstitutional contempt citations in a stale investigation into something that wasn’t a crime and that no one but MoveOn.org cares about any longer." http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NWU3NmEwNzhmYjVkZDdlNzVmZDhhODVmMmViZTRlODM=

The U.S. became more vulnerable to terrorism when the Protect America Act expired since our intelligence agencies became less capable of tracking terrorists. The more time goes by, the more vulnerable we become. How long will the House Democrat leadership place our national security at risk?

How nice! Could Nancy Pelosi's priorities be any more skewed? While she's playing "Chicken" with our national security our enemies could (and probably are) busy plotting against us. Ms. Pelosi - this IS NOT a game. It's serious and we need you to start acting like an adult.