One of the things, which was the last recommendation of the 9/11 Commission that has still not been adopted by this Congress...

What can we help you all with besides another bill that I have is to make sure that the I.G. doesn't get to come play Monday morning quarterback 5 years after a disaster.

Six years after West, Texas, this is simply unacceptable.

Reauthorizing CFATS is critical for every stakeholder communities like mine--from facility owners and employees to surrounding communities and first responders.

This committee is committed to getting reauthorization across the finish line.

Thank you for holding today's hearing, entitled 'Securing Our Nation's Chemical Facilities: Stakeholders Perspectives on Improving the CFATS Program.'

This committee is committed to getting CFATS reauthorization done.

I also share the gentlelady's concern, especially the neighborhood schools and other facilities that our planes fly over.

I thank both the majority leader and the minority whip for yielding me time. Today is a great day, but it is also a sad day for me. I am losing my chief of staff, the only one that I have had since I have been here, Virgil Miller, who, the…

I thank the gentleman from New York for yielding. Let me just say that we are better than this, and we have seen in this body where we have had Members attacked. We came together right here in this body, where we all held hands. We said…

the standard should be that turnout is what it is supposed to be in terms of everybody who wants to vote can vote

I applaud you for having one woman with you, but the DOJ should look like the country.

It was created to protect against discrimination based on race, color, sex, disability, religion, familial status, and national origin. Wouldn't you agree?

What I would like to see, and this committee--or at least the Congress has taken it up in the past--is something more done to help people who are dangerously mentally ill.

Closing that loophole would have saved nine lives?

I think that would be a tremendous help, because most of the people who have committed these mass murders are people who really need some kind of help.

If we look at the Charleston loophole, would that not have prevented the perpetrator from purchasing that gun?

I would just offer support for the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 57, line 13, strike ``and any grantee'' and all that follows through line 19 and insert the following…

I want to thank Chairman Cummings for bringing this important legislation to the Floor. In 2005, shortly after Hurricane Katrina, a group of New Orleans police officers opened fire on a handful of unarmed African American civilians walking…

I want to thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue before and now. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 251 to extend the DHS Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards, CFATS, program for a period of 2 years. Like…

Passing H.R. 251 would allow us to continue the conversation around this important national security program without leaving chemical facilities more vulnerable to attacks. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues in the House to support H.R…

Let me thank my colleague, Mr. Clay from St. Louis, and my colleague from Michigan. I understand the difficulty in saying very loud the ``New Orleans Saints,'' but I just want to also thank Senator Bill Cassidy, and Senator Patty Murray…

I commend Representative Collins for success on this very important issue. Oftentimes people ask what is required of us, and it is to do justice and love mercy, and that is exactly what the First Step Act does. Is it a perfect bill? No, it…

I am, you know, a survivor of Katrina and Rita.