Will the gentleman yield? Mr. LoBIONDO. I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts.

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey and also the gentleman from Virginia for addressing this important matter. I agree with my colleagues that habitat restoration programs are vital to coastal areas, including Massachusetts, and…

Public diplomacy efforts are critical to our Nation's security, prosperity, and image abroad.

In this way, we will not only be relaying a vision of democracy to other Nations, but we will actually be helping to build such societies.

I would like to thank you and Ranking Member Engel for your leadership on this important reform initiative.

I am pleased that my amendment to prioritize the delivery of information and programming to isolated women and minority populations overseas is included in the en bloc package.

This shouldn't be about Democrats and Republicans. If you can't put that stuff behind you on an issue like this, then I don't know when you can.

There is no doubt that Boston's handling of the marathon attack will serve as a model for cities around the world on how to respond to mass homeland security incidents.

What is not so well-known is that had it not been for the efforts of Commissioner Ed Davis and his efforts, and those of the Watertown police force, our Nation could have been further terrorized.

State and local police have a strong role in counterterrorism.

We found that several red flags and warnings were missed.