Nick Smith said "Mr. Speaker, the committee totally agrees with the concerns of the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers). What we did in this bill is we increased the authorization of NIST from $2.5 million up to $8 million; but we will work with NIST, we will work with the appropriators because adequate funding is necessary. The management, moving the management from FEMA, the lead agency management from FEMA to NIST, was a difficult decision in our committee; but we ended up with unanimous agreement because of the new obligations that have been put on FEMA as they go into Homeland Security. We felt that as the lead agency NIST could dedicate the kind of time and organization needed. So there is somewhat of an increased responsibility. In conclusion, we will work with the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers) to try to make sure that adequate funding is available." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordOctober 1, 2003

Mr. Speaker, the committee totally agrees with the concerns of the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers). What we did in this bill is we increased the authorization of NIST from $2.5 million up to $8 million; but we will work with NIST, we will work with the appropriators because adequate funding is necessary. The management, moving the management from FEMA, the lead agency management from FEMA to NIST, was a difficult decision in our committee; but we ended up with unanimous agreement because of the new obligations that have been put on FEMA as they go into Homeland Security. We felt that as the lead agency NIST could dedicate the kind of time and organization needed. So there is somewhat of an increased responsibility. In conclusion, we will work with the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Ehlers) to try to make sure that adequate funding is available.

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Nick Smith

Republican · Michigan

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the funding and management changes for NIST and FEMA in relation to Homeland Security.

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