John Rice Carter

I accept this good amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I accept the gentleman's amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.

At this time, I want to congratulate Mr. Reichert for his amendment. I think it is necessary, and I approve of it. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from…

At this time I would like to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from the State of Pennsylvania (Mr. Barletta). He is the chairman of the committee that authorizes FEMA.

At this time I'd like to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Hunter), who is the chairman of the Coast Guard and Maritime Subcommittee of the full committee.

At this time I yield 2 minutes to a very distinguished member of our subcommittee from the great of State of Tennessee (Mr. Fleischmann).

At this time I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Aderholt), a former chairman of this subcommittee and currently chairman of the Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Agriculture.

At this time I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers), the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, who is the former founding chairman of this subcommittee and a former great prosecutor from the…

It makes a sound accommodation between two essential values--preserving the independence of the Federal judiciary and making judges, as public servants, accountable under the laws for their conduct in office.

They want us to have an effective immigration system that begins with a secure border.

I have been working on the secret committee on the House side for almost 4 years trying to come up with solutions for immigration.

This administration has consistently shortchanged--Air and Marine this year, the request supports only 62,000 flight hours, the lowest level yet.

I am totally opposed to the closing of those stations, and law enforcement across our State is opposed to it, too.

Basically, you just take the whole state of Texas and eliminate 100 miles from the border, because we have 1,200 miles of border.

So your standard is 100 miles from the border, okay? Most States 100 miles from the border is all the way across the State; 100 miles from El Paso is Midland.

I am going to get off on something kind of local. We see, once again, this administration is again proposing to close nine inland Border Patrol stations...

Our job is to get rid of that fear.

The American people are not going to fall for play on words anymore. They are going to want reality of border security.

Congress has invested billions of dollars in CBP since September 11th, particularly in bolstering Border Patrol staffing to a record 21,370 agents.

Anything less than that is unacceptable, and you know we are going to be sending out surveys and investigation staff to ensure that that is the case because we just can't have another shortfall, and I appreciate your taking that challenge.

I have always thought it would be a good idea to have the Coast Guard on the Rio Grande, for a long, long time.

This budget submission severely diminishes current, near-term, and future capabilities.

Somehow we have got to remind ourselves every single day that there is somebody out there that wants to do harm to Americans.

I have been preaching regular order to many people for a long time. It is the backbone of being in Congress.

DHS must find a way to accomplish its vital mission with increasingly scarce resources.