We, too, would like to accept the amendment and commend the gentleman from New York for offering the amendment. He's bringing Federal practice into line with the Presidential memorandum of a few days ago, and this will promote the use of…

Mr. Chairman, we have not seen this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. A copy will be distributed.

Well, you're asking your colleagues here tonight, before the entire Nation, to stigmatize these organizations, to slay these organizations. {time} 2340 You have information, you're claiming, about these organizations that would warrant…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment, and I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

Mr. Chairman, this is an extraordinary amendment, a listing of over 3 pages of organizations by name, singled out on the floor of the House of Representatives for this kind of negative treatment, this kind of legislation that would simply…

Does the gentleman have documentation as to what kind of problems he is alleging with the Arkansas Community Housing Corporation that would warrant their inclusion on a list of this sort?

Don't you think you should produce it before you ask Members to vote on the amendment?

Can you produce that information tonight before you ask us to vote on this amendment?

What about the American Environmental Justice Project? Does the gentleman have information on that organization?

How about the Affiliated Media Foundation Movement? Does the gentleman have documentation of why that organization should be included here tonight?

Mr. Chairman, I'm not going to prolong this, but I do want to plead with my colleagues. This is something that this body simply, simply should not be a party to. Bringing in three pages-plus of organizations that many of us, most of us…

Mr. Chairman, I wish to join the chairman of our subcommittee in opposing this amendment--not because there are any funds in this bill for these advanced imaging machines, this particular technology. There is no funding in this bill for…

Once again, I want to join the chairman in urging rejection of this amendment. The reasoning that I applied to the previous amendment applies with equal force to this amendment. We're talking here about the need in our airports to employ…

Mr. Chairman, I rise to oppose this amendment. I want to deal just for a moment, though, with some of the accusations that have surrounded this proposal and others like it. In fact, the House Oversight Committee conducted an investigation…

Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Rokita

Mr. Chairman, our chairman has expressed very well the reasons for opposing this amendment. It simply would weaken our security dangerously. And we are talking here not just about first responders and firefighters, we are also talking…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.

It is premature; there has not yet been a completed election for union representation at TSA. Moreover, it is unwise. The TSA administrator has made a modest and limited proposal to allow limited collective bargaining for transportation…