Hal Rogers

We must discipline that agency and make it work like it is supposed to.

I am absolutely committed to moving all 12 of our appropriations bills through the regular-order process to ensure that we responsibly fund all Federal agencies, including Homeland.

But I think we are shortchanging a very important part of homeland security when we do not capitalize the needs of the Coast Guard.

This constitutes the first hearing of this subcommittee, and I am immensely pleased that we finally managed to pass a full year spending bill for the department to support our men and women on the front lines and bolster critical security…

Unfortunately, the Service has been beleaguered by a series of embarrassing and unacceptable lapses in security and other missteps. This will not stand.

Likewise, on the counter-narcotics strategy and policy of the Coast Guard, the cocaine flow from South America into the central and eastern Caribbean region has doubled over the last four years.

I want to start off this morning thanking Rural Development for all of your efforts in the country and especially in my region.

I am puzzled why we are proposing substantial cutbacks in operations and then, more importantly, acquisitions, cut by 17 percent.

It is a bipartisan effort, as I have said, between the Governor and myself to try to uplift a region that has been absolutely hammered by coal layoffs.

your actions in my judgment should be punishment, termination, firing people who have subordinated their command.

However, some agents are tarnishing that image, and it needs to be cleaned up.

I am worried that you are diverting a lot of resources there away from the war on drugs and other things.

I especially want to thank you for your proposal to maintain level funding in the single-family direct loan program.

To say you are not investigating because you want the Inspector General of the Department to investigate is hogwash.

The agency needs discipline and it needs an outsider in some position there to be sure that we are not jeopardizing the President's life.

I urge you to work with the Budget Committees and the authorizing committees to help lift the yoke off the back of the younger generations of hard-working Americans.

it is critical, I don't even want to think about what happens if the Russians decide that they want to change the way they operate with us.

this is an effort that is joined in with the Congress. This is not something that the administration just decided to go do.

there is not that I am aware of any concern that we will not be able to meet this time line as long as we can meet the budget number.

I have faith in American industry, I always have.

I reserve a point of order on the gentlewoman's motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. A point of order is reserved. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from California is recognized for 5 minutes in support of her motion. {time} 1615

There it is. That is the bill the Senate finally passed. It has been 6 weeks--I said 3 weeks, earlier. I am corrected. It is 6 weeks that the House passed a funding bill for the Homeland Security Department, 6 weeks ago, sent it to the…

I make a point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his point of order.

I make a point of order against the motion because it is in violation of section 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The adoption of this motion would cause a breach of the 302(a) allocation of budget authority provided by the…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, let's review something. Let's just review briefly where we are and why we are here. The House passed a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security maybe 3 weeks ago in…