David Price

I honor the service and the sacrifice of contractors and contracting firms that have worked in the war zone. Now, there are some bad actors and there are cases that need investigation and prosecution. But I would remind the gentleman that…

We are talking here about an amendment that Mr. Forbes wrote, which as I understand it would compromise the bill by stripping out the requirement for FBI units to be pre-positioned on the ground to investigate alleged criminal behavior. I…

the wood utilization consortium is made up of 10 universities in 10 different States around the country with varying missions. I am familiar with the program mainly because of the involvement of North Carolina State University. NC State's…

as we consider H.R. 3161, the FY 2008 Agriculture Appropriations bill, I want to voice my serious concerns about the provision in the bill that would prevent the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, from protecting U.S. consumers from…

I am joined by 11 colleagues from North Carolina, as well as colleagues from several other States, in requesting fiscal year 2008 funding for the National Textile Center. I want to say to the gentleman introducing this amendment that if…

I rise as a sponsor of this important legislation to prohibit the establishment of permanent U.S. bases in Iraq. We have passed similar legislation before by a wide margin. The first time was a few weeks after I questioned General Abizaid…

I rise in support of H.R. 2956, which would compel a responsible exit of U.S. troops from Iraq. I voted against giving the President the authority to go to war in Iraq. Two years ago, Brad Miller and I introduced legislation to terminate…

I have a simple and straightforward amendment that I am offering as a result of the long debate we've had, the many amendments we've adopted, and where we stand at the end of this. The amendment would allocate $5 million, a modest…

the amendment, as the gentleman has stated, would impose a statutory cap of 45,000 on the number of aviation screeners. I'm reluctantly opposed to this, because under the Committee mark, we fund considerably fewer than that amount, that…

I am asking about DHS funding, Homeland Security funding, which, after all, is the department we are appropriating for.

I mainly am confused about exactly what the gentleman is proposing and would like to try to clarify it if I might. The effort here is to attempt to carve out $5 million for the ICE Mutual Agreement Between Government Employers Program…

I see a failure in the bureaucracy and an unwillingness for them to step forward and make this happen faster. And you are correct, it is a much larger price tag. However, limited by the offsets available to me within this legislation and…

the gentleman is saying that the present appropriation, the money in the pipeline, is not sufficient, that their ability to pull their plan together depends on whether your amendment passes.

Well, it calls for a submission of a plan. It does not say how the money shall be spent otherwise.

I do not believe the withholding of the $100 million is necessary or desirable in this case. But I believe we need to get the confirmation that you are talking about from CBP, and I am not eager to delay the release of needed funds, but I…

Mr. Chairman, section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 prohibits governments from withholding immigration-related data when it is requested by other government entities with a legitimate…

The answer is yes. Reclaiming my time, it is a simple straightforward question. Border Patrol agents are funded in this bill. If DHS were to find that a border city or county were in contravention of section 642(a), would this provision…

I am intrigued by the suggestion that Border Patrol officials have come requesting this kind of approach for protecting the border. I have never heard any Border Patrol official make such a request. On the contrary, during our travels on…

It is my expectation that CBP Air and Marine with enormous aviation and maritime operations, they should have as one of their priority missions supporting the investigative or other DHS agencies, in particular ICE. That was done by the…

let me just reiterate that anyone who will look at this bill for a minute or two will realize that the border infrastructure, including the fencing, is fully funded in this bill. It is not underfunded; it is fully funded at the…

While the Appropriations Committee has no direct control over the fees that CIS charges or the revenues that it collects, the committee report encourages the Department to continue regular reviews of its cost estimates and to apply any…

Let me maybe phrase this another way. Is disaster relief funding being used in contravention of this section?

I'm sorry. I believe the gentleman is mistaken about the bureaucratic location of the Basic Pilot Program. The concern he expresses is certainly a legitimate one. Given the fact that we may be talking about duplicative efforts here…

I can understand the need for flexibility and for these programs not to be in totally separate spheres, but I just have to say that CIS administers the Basic Pilot Program. It can't be in two agencies. The bill has $30 million for this…

Now, if the allegation is that the Department of Homeland Security has not been nimble enough, has not been responsive enough in getting the grant funds out there, then you certainly won't get an argument from us. Our approach has been to…