David Price

I simply want to express my agreement with the chairman on this matter. I appreciate the amendment being offered by my friend from North Carolina, but I believe it would introduce an element of rigidity and an arbitrary element into the…

I am also not going to object to this amendment given TSA's decision of this afternoon, the decision that has, I believe, made the amendment largely irrelevant. I do want to express my appreciation for the concerns addressed here tonight…

I want to join the chairman in opposing this amendment. This amendment would prohibit any funding from being utilized by our mobile Visible Intermodal Protection and Response teams, the VIPR teams. These teams provide the ability for TSA…

The gentleman's amendment would provide an additional $32 million for the Screening Partnership Program. I have no objection to the concept of the Screening Partnership Program. If a local airport authority applies to participate in the…

I, too, would suggest that for now we accept this amendment and continue to work on the problems that the amendment highlights. My understanding from TSA is that they have prior-year funding available to replace detection machines that…

I join the subcommittee chairman in strong opposition to this amendment. The gentleman's amendment would eliminate entirely the TSA aviation security account from this bill, more than $4.8 million. Now, I oppose this dangerous amendment on…

I appreciate the chairman yielding, and I also want to oppose this amendment. I want to say to my colleague that I very clearly understand the purpose of this amendment. I think it's a worthy purpose. I think we should pay for these…

I want to commend the gentleman on his attention to the very real vulnerabilities of surface rail, his attention to this, and I urge acceptance of the amendment. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the…

I, too, rise in qualified support of this amendment. When disasters strike, these Urban Search and Rescue Teams stand ready for FEMA deployment, complete with unique tools and equipment and training. I do want to register another concern…

I am writing in opposition to Rep. Hastings' H.R. 2231, the 'Offshore Energy and Jobs Act,' which would dramatically and hastily expand oil and gas drilling in our Nation's most sensitive coastal areas.

I thank the chairman for yielding. I am happy to also offer my support. I hope my colleagues will support this en bloc amendment.

I have no objection to this amendment. In fact, I want to commend the gentleman for offering it. He's in a tight spot with limited possibilities for offsetting the addition he wants to apply to the situation in his area that he describes…

In my home State of North Carolina, offshore drilling is highly controversial because of its potential adverse impacts on the environment and coastal communities.

I, too, commend the gentleman for his amendment and urge its adoption. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Puerto Rico (Mr. Pierluisi). The amendment was…

At this time I have no further requests for time, and I reserve the balance of my time.

I want to applaud Chairman Carter for funding the Fire Administration at a level higher than the administration's request, but the bill before us still provides a slight decrease in funding when compared to the current year. I believe this…

I would like to express my agreement with what Mr. Dent just said. These aircraft are absolutely vital for mission success for Border Patrol agents and air and marine personnel. If there are better, faster, cheaper ways to make these…

I, too, urge adoption of this amendment. I want to commend the chairman, though, while I have a moment, for putting in $22.5 million for pre-disaster mitigation into this bill. He did that at my request. We had a proposal for the…

I thank my colleague for yielding, and I very much appreciate my fellow North Carolinian raising this issue. I agree with his assessment that OMB needs to finalize this rule as soon as possible. It's critical to establish this risk-based…

I thank my colleague for yielding. Madam Chairman, I rise today in qualified support of the fiscal year 2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. I want to thank Chairman Culberson and…

These are priorities, and this is a bill I hope all of our colleagues will be able to support.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in place of the dean of the South Carolina delegation, Congressman Jim Clyburn, who is away this week on family medical leave, and asked me to read this statement: Swearing-in Day is…

Hypocrisy is reaching new heights today in this body. Many of the same Members who said ``bring it on'' as sequestration loomed, who relished forcing the President to make across-the-board cuts, are now in a rush to apply another Band-Aid…

I wish you could elaborate. I would appreciate your elaborating what the mix of funding, the mix of efforts has been here.

The last thing we would want to happen is for States to be forced to reduce service come October 1 because the new cost discrepancies are not resolved.