Of course, we recognize that it is unlike this Congress to drastically reduce the size and scope of any spending program. Therefore, if cities like New York and Washington must continue to compete for antiterrorism funding with cities like Jacksonville and Honolulu, then Congress should pressure DHS to use the old formula in which risk alone determined how much money each city received. If that proves impossible, then DHS should at least change the current formula so that less weight is given to the “need-based” component. The Urban Areas Security Initiative was supposed to help cities enhance their security against terrorist attacks. If there is a low probability of such an attack occurring, why does a city “need” any of this money at all?