Martin Sabo

Reclaiming my time. All of the money that is needed for borders, for ports, all of the money we have appropriated can be spent?

We are told by Customs and Border Patrol that this amendment has no effect on its operation because it only shares information when it is required by international treaty, the same as what this amendment says. So to the best of my…

So DHS would have to clearly be tracking significantly more money than they track today?

What DHS funding is used today in contravention of section 642(a) of the 1996 Immigration Act?

My question was not about local government. It was about whether DHS would be doing something under his amendment that they are not doing today.

Would the gentleman tell me, does the Department have the authority, not the authority but is the Department doing what the gentleman suggests today?

I concur in the chairman's comments. You have a good amendment, and I am glad to support it.

I understand the majority has the right to close. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman is correct.

The Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act suggests that a number of factors are considered to measure the severity, magnitude and impact of a disaster and authorizes FEMA to provide individual assistance. I would be happy…

And the chaplain at the Air Force who blew the whistle on this problem is no longer there?

The minister of the church that I go to locally is a former Navy chaplain and also served in the Marines. He felt strongly enough about this issue it was part of his sermon yesterday. His response to the 6-year problem was that if this…

I will give the gentleman a break. I totally agree with the gentleman. The biggest benefactor of all the airline security is the airline industry. Something happened post-9/11. We had to provide billions of dollars to loan guarantees to…

I make a point of order. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The gentleman will state his point of order.

I think, clearly, as the author of the amendment says, he clearly is legislating on an appropriations bill and, therefore, violating clause 2 of rule XI. By his most recent statement, he is expanding penalties for the existing law. The…

I know they are not hidden, but somebody has to find out. I have no idea how many endless grants they are making. The departments make an endless number of grants, and some of them flow to the State which then flow to local governments. In…

Are all these laws filed with the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security?

I will continue to reserve my point of order, and I move to strike the last word. Mr. Chairman, I would like to have the gentleman explain the amendment to me. What is it that somebody at the Federal level has to do?

Under my reservation, would the gentleman yield? The Acting CHAIRMAN. Does the gentleman insist on his point of order?

In the supplemental bill that we just passed, there was $36 million that had been appropriated for the northern border which the Department was not spending, and with the cooperation of the chairman, we inserted specific language telling…

The concern of the committee to get a rebaselining of the Coast Guard construction program is not something that has just happened recently. I think we have been working on this for a year and a half, 2 years, something like that, to get…

I have just incredible respect and admiration for the work that the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) has done these last 6 years as Chair of the committee. All of us have disagreements on policies and issues, but the gentleman from…

I will vote for this bill, but not with a great deal of excitement. One thing one can say for this bill is that it represents a very significant improvement on the President's budget. I find it rare that any of the budgets that come from…

It is true we have limited dollars. It is also true we have an immense new challenge. I hear all this rhetoric that we are in a war on terrorism and that we are and have potential targets in this country. It only strikes me from open and…

I know we have Members' concerned and who want to discuss this issue. But the amendment has left me confused. But I do recall a year ago I was confused by an amendment and after some discussion, the House voted the amendment down. And so I…