Marty Walsh

I just want to be clear that under the structure that we are discussing, either under the Miller amendment or the existing structure of the bill, the workers in New York and New Jersey will be treated equally. There is no difference. There…

Mr. Speaker, I would take a few seconds to close and, merely, I would like to thank our staffs, both minority and majority staff, for the remarkable amount of effort they put into this. We had six preconferences prior to conference. They…

I share his concern for the findings in the New York Department of Health's report which show the high incidence of breast cancer in Rockland County and the East Side of Manhattan. I want to assure my colleagues, the gentleman from New…

I hope that future projects will be awarded to companies with better past performance records and experienced management teams.

I commend the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bishop) and thank him for this amendment. The amendment would establish a new program within FEMA for the purpose of increasing the awareness of disaster preparedness needs within minority…

I restate that there is support. The concept is a good one. What we would like to do is give the new Director of FEMA the opportunity to develop a program that can go through the authorizing committee and garner the full support of the…

Reduced-risk pesticides can displace pesticides that present higher risks, and they help ensure that our farmers have a complete toolbox to control the pests that attack our crops. I look forward to working with the gentlewoman to consider…

Just a note of clarification; I misspoke. The funding comes out of the Environmental Programs and Management Fund, which is EPA's fund and goes into the State Travel Assistance Grant. The gentleman understood clearly that I was in support…

This is as good an idea that has come along in a long time. It has broad support. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman from Pennsylvania is as consistent as Old Faithful regarding fire fighters. The gentleman is their hero; and there are many…

I assure the gentleman that it is the Committee's intention that any public housing authority which exhausts its funds be given additional funds to ensure that its legitimate needs are met. In fact, I have a letter from the Deputy…

In Cuyahoga County, which encompasses Cleveland, I believe, the public housing authority funding for drug elimination in 1999 was $2.4 million. That will not be spent out until next year. Those are 1999 funds. In 2000, $2.5 million was…

I understand that, but if we took some aggressive action with the local police, they have to go where the city council and the leaders of the community tell them. If it is in the city, it is their responsibility.

We think that Members should know that there is no higher level of drug use or drug abuse in our housing than there is in the neighborhoods around our public housing authorities. We have provided billions of dollars to the criminal justice…

I would hope that the authorization committee would respect that this is the President's number one priority in housing this year and honor that request by doing the authorization.

My response was that this program is not authorized. We expect it to be authorized. If it is not authorized, the money would revert to the States as the rest of the formula for the HOME program already does.

Reclaiming my time, if the authorizing committee does its job, there is not a problem. We would expect the authorizing committee to do their job. If they do not do their job, then money reverts back to the States.

The committee shares the gentleman's goal of providing NSF with sufficient resources to adequately manage and safeguard the taxpayer's investment. As he noted, NSF is increasingly involved in the construction of these large complex…

We do. The Committee on Appropriations shares the gentleman's concern concerning the current lack of oversight for project management within the National Science Foundation. In its March 2000 report to Congress, the Inspector General of…

This catastrophic loss that occurred to his community, this devastating incident, seriously undermines public safety and economic activity in this city and the region. I know his concern is heartfelt. He has pressed this case before us. I…

Certainly, it is not the committee's intent, nor do I believe this action will have any negative impact, on the ability of Public Housing Authorities to fully utilize their vouchers. It is my understanding that less than $46 million of the…

Even in that case, FEMA's responsibility is to do the immediate cleanup and then pay for municipal damages, not all private damages.

Yes. I believe the language clarifies that Jacksonville/ Duval County meets the definition of an urban county under the statute, as amended. HUD also agrees with this interpretation.

I thank my friend for his advocacy. If EPA refuses to withdraw the TMDL rules and issues final rules with an effective date that will occur before enactment of this legislation, I will work with the Senate in conference to ensure that the…

My goal has always been to invest the resources of the Nation wisely. While this means getting the most out of every dollar we spend, it does not mean being penny-wise and pound-foolish. There is no other organization in the world that…

As I read the proposed amendment, it strengthens the committee position that ensures the administration will not implement the Kyoto protocol without prior congressional consent. This was a key element in the Byrd-Hagel resolution passed…