Martin Sabo

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…

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

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 have no idea what the full impact of this amendment will be. We voted on it, I think, in the last 2 or 3 years. I think generally it has lost by a significant number of votes. What its impact on local governments is, I think is…

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

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 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?

I thank the gentleman. I am just afraid we are doing another miniature No Child Left Behind in this law that we passed a couple of weeks ago. It is the Federal Government again deciding how the States should run something that States have…

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…

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…

let me just simply thank the chairman for his support of the amendment. The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Sabo). The amendment was agreed to.

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

I and others offer an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Sabo: Page 3, line 15, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ``(reduced by $26,100,000)''. Page 30, line 12, after the dollar amount, insert the…

our amendment increases the funding for the fire grant program by $50 million, $25 million for the SAFER program, and $25 million for the regular grant program. With the $25 million added to the SAFER program, it would be funded at $75…

I join my Minnesota colleagues in expressing sorrow and support to the people of Red Lake, Minnesota, as they take steps to heal their community after the unspeakable tragedy of March 22. It must have been a moment of unimaginable horror…

my family and I would like to convey our heartfelt sympathy to the Matsui family upon the death of Congressman Robert Matsui on Saturday, January 1. Bob's passing is a tragic loss to all who knew him. It is also a loss to all Americans who…

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…

Mr. Speaker, on March 28, 2004, the State of Hockey made history once again. The University of Minnesota Golden Gopher women's ice hockey team defeated Harvard 6-2 to win the NCAA women's ice hockey championship. This marks the first NCAA…

this was an amendment that I was not planning to offer unless the language we had in the bill relating to CAPPS2 was stricken. And, unfortunately, there was a point of order raised on the CAPPS2 language and some very important language…

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…

We have to choose between budgets and priorities. Plain and simple, this administration and the Republicans on that side of the aisle have said that tax cuts for the wealthy are a higher priority than adequate funding for first responders…