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I continue to oppose. Like I said, it is overly vague and broad. With the right words added to this, this could be something that works and that is helpful. But, in its current form, I can't support it. Mr. Chair, I continue to ask my…
I thank Mr. Takano, my friend from California, for entering this amendment. Mr. Chair, I do continue to oppose this amendment. But with that I just ask that he look at making it a little more finite and making it a little less vague, and…
I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The clerk called the roll.
Do you believe that you are an American entitled to the same benefits, a citizen entitled to the same benefits and rights as other citizens?
I am not convinced at this point that we are anywhere near a capacity in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
It is a sad day for our country when we see this kind of disrespect.
There shouldn't be Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands response. There should be an American response.
This probably was not a wise choice to implement this in a situation so far away from the mainland.
So much of what I have heard and seen in my visit to Puerto Rico, especially, in many instances FEMA has been missing in action.
This level of disrespect is contagious, and it is infecting the body politic in the United States of America.
It is disrespectful to our witnesses from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who have traveled here today to inform Congress about the recovery challenges they still face at home.
Political expediency is no longer the order of the day.
We have to stand up to the President. We cannot allow him to believe that he can do all of these things with impunity.
Their refusal undermines the work of this committee, which is exercising its oversight responsibilities.
The Honorable Bennie Thompson, Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, 310 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515.
biometric technology holds tremendous promise in enhancing security and efficiency in the aviation environment.
The American people deserve answers to those questions before the Federal Government rushes to deploy biometrics further.
The public has no input in this process, as far as we understand.