While I appreciate language in the bill set aside for high threat areas, I fear that it's simply insufficient to combat the threats we know are facing our most populated cities. This motion simply raises the floor that must be spent…

At the moment. Mr. Speaker, again, there is no donee State. Arizona, over the last 4 years or 5 years, got $1.07 for every dollar they put in. There is no such thing as a donee State anymore. Now, it is true, as Mr. Flake says, that that…

I would like to thank Chairman Aderholt and Ranking Member Price for their bipartisan work on this legislation. The fiscal year 2013 Homeland Security appropriations bill would make smart investments in our national security…

I thank the chairman of the Appropriations subcommittee for yielding. Let me at the very outset thank him for his leadership and cooperation in working through such a difficult bill at such a difficult time in our history. We are faced…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. I'll just say one thing. I think we've beaten this dead horse about as much as we can. Is 95 percent reasonable? It's unreasonable, in my opinion; 92 percent is unreasonable; 89 percent is…

The argument sounds reasonable, and I have no doubt it's going to pass because there are a lot more people here from so-called donor States than from donee States, and people are going to vote purely on that basis, many of them are. Many…

I want to begin by taking this opportunity to thank the chairwoman and ranking member of the Agriculture Committee for their very strong efforts in getting this bill to the floor today. Their steady hand of leadership has made vast…

As we recall the brave heroes of the D-day invasion 68 years ago today, I thought of the new American heroes who are fighting for us on the front lines of Afghanistan, a place I left a few weeks ago, and the 36 hours I spent in the war…

Thank you very, very much. I just want to say, before I sit down, that this is truly a bipartisan effort. And I want to pay tribute to my good friend, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Shimkus) who has been working with me on this open fuel…

On May 24, 2011, President Obama issued a memorandum on Federal Fleet Performance that requires all new light duty vehicles in the Federal fleet to be alternate fuel vehicles, such as hybrid, electric, natural gas or biofuel, by December…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

First I want to thank my colleagues, Representative Bishop, Representative Hirono, and Representative Welch, for offering this amendment with me. Madam Chair, the Tonko-Bishop-Hirono-Welch amendment is simple and straightforward. It…

I ask for a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment Offered by Mr. Chaffetz

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 20, line 15, after the dollar amount insert ``(increased by $180,440,000)''. Page 30, line 5, after the dollar amount…

I will say again to the ranking member that this is a very vital bill. In the interest of time, because we still have this and three other pieces of legislation to pass in the next half hour, I will limit my remarks other than to say that…

I want to thank the gentleman from Laredo, Mr. Cuellar, for introducing this bill and for his outstanding work on the committee, and also my good friend, Mr. McCaul, for their cosponsorship of the legislation. I urge my colleagues to…

I want to commend Mr. Meehan, who is the chairman of the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, for his work on this matter. This basically ensures that the intelligence and analyses of chemical, biological, radiological, and…

I advise my colleague that I am prepared to close as I have no further speakers.