Norman D. Dicks

If I can ask the chairman a question on this, it says none of the funds made available by this act may be used for the purchase, operation, or maintenance of armed unmanned aerial vehicles; is this from Homeland Security? Is this…

Reclaiming my time, again, I would just ask the gentleman to contemplate that if we have a Secure Communities program that is dealing with this same issue and doing it at 10 times less for the taxpayers and this 287(g) program has had the…

Thank you. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Tennessee.

We do not have an accurate copy of the amendment, and we feel like we're at a disadvantage. This thing has been rewritten, and we don't have the final draft. The Acting CHAIR. A copy of the amendment will be distributed.

I reserve a point of order on the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. A point of order is reserved. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the gentlewoman from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn) and a Member opposed each will control 5 minutes. The…

I would just like to associate myself with the gentleman's remarks. I feel these programs are very important and that there have been major cuts made in the last 2 years, as I understand it, and that this would just be another major cut on…

Again, the gentleman from Arizona would eliminate this entire program; we think that is overstepping. With that, I yield back the balance of my time.

The fact is that we passed a law that was signed by the President of the United States at that time. I can remember Congressman Udall was chair of the committee at that point. We passed a law that said do Yucca Mountain, and that law has…

Could we work out an agreement here that we could take the savings from the gentleman's amendment and use that to pay the workers, the half of 1 percent raise that is denied in this? Is there a way we could work this out?

Thank you for clarifying that. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the modification. The Clerk read as follows: Modification offered by Mr. Poe of Texas: Insert ``new'' between ``a'' and ``director.'' The Acting CHAIR. Is there…

Is it none of the funds made available by this act may be used to hire a new director of a national cemetery who is not a veteran?

The Poe amendment states none of the funds made available by this act may be used for a director of a national cemetery who, after the date that is 180 days, whatever date, however he rephrased it. According to the VA, compliance with this…