Daniel Inouye: “The Senator is correct that his amendment will be the position of the Senate. I can assure the Senator I will work to…”

“The Senator is correct that his amendment will be the position of the Senate. I can assure the Senator I will work to protect the Senate position in conference. Mr. DeMINT I thank my colleagues for working with me on this amendment and look forward to the port security bill's passage. Mr. McCAIN. Mr. President, yesterday, the Senate adopted amendment No. 4951, which I offered to the Port Security Improvement Act of 2006, to require all recipients of grants from the Department of Homeland Security--DHS--to report to the Department on the expenditures made from these Federal funds. I offered this amendment in response to recent testimony by the U.S. Government Accountability Office--GAO--which found it difficult to track expenditures made from the $11 billion in Federal grants awarded to States and localities to improve emergency preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities. Specifically, William O.…”