Cedric Richmond

I think it is critical, you know, to protect the American people--millions of people that could get harmed from contaminated water--that we have some regulatory body in the Federal Government whose charge is to regulate the security of…

It was Franklin Delano Roosevelt that understood that there needed to be Government investment.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, for recognizing me and presiding over these affairs tonight. I yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Altmire).

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. __. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2011 for…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana will be postponed. Amendment No. 38 Offered by Mr. Mica The Acting CHAIR. It is…

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 438, after the matter after line 2, insert the following: SEC. 1022. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT OF FUNDS…

How do we best prepare ourselves to deal with the threat of terrorism that comes from within the United States?

Our radios can't talk to each other.

The terrorist threat to our country still remains, but it increasingly is coming from within the United States.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Ruppersberger).

I believe the American public wants us to focus on critical issues like mass transit security, passenger screening protocols for body scanners and pat-downs and rising international security standards.

Finally, let me express my concern with the fact that the final version of this bill was never formally transmitted to me and other Members of this panel.

This bill before us today goes way beyond eliminating redundant background checks and credentials for transportation workers, which was a key component of the SAFE Truckers Act, which I support and which is contained in the second portion…

I don't think any of us knows the answers to these questions, which is why I think we should first do no harm and not pass a bill that would actually make us and our transportation system less safe.

My comments are directed to Deputy Director Kibble, and I wanted to read off some information provided to me from the Alliance for Immigrants Rights and Reform Michigan.

Well, Congressman Jackson, my question to you was going to be: Have you seen a State react yet? Have you seen a State step up with their own jobs plan? Or have you seen a State address the inequality and the treatment of the unemployed so…

All that said, Libyan dictator Gadhafi is not exactly a partner in the war on terror.

I would say--let's start with Libya, where I think the Obama administration has rightly intervened to prevent a humanitarian crisis.

So looking at our strategy going forward, I think America and the United States has to stand for something beyond just the short-term approach to dictatorships.

I would say in the long term, dealing and backing a lot of these dictatorships has not produced the type of stability or produced the type of security that we would want.

The fact is, this is an issue where we are standing together as one, and we will combine our efforts to do all we can.

I have reintroduced the Broadband for First Responders Act of 2011.

Congress should support pending legislation which provides the expedited and increased assignment of radio spectrum for public safety purposes.

We spent, in some examples, over $100,000 or $150,000 just to get them the benefit of a $60,000 to $90,000 new permanent home.

I will tell you that through the storm, we learned some things that make a lot of sense.