Bill Pascrell: “Mr. Chairman, thank you for inviting me to join you on this important field hearing.”

I am proud to say that SAFER awarded more than $5 billion to departments to hire, recruit, and retain firefighters. These grants are amongst the most effective in the entire Federal budget. Fire departments rely on the Fire Administration…

And I am not giving up because if we don't do that we continue to send the wrong message to the taxpayers.

We are not going to solve this problem by threatening academia.

I missed 8 roll call votes today. Had I been present, I would have voted: Roll Call 235, Ordering the Previous Question for H. Res. 1269, NO; Roll Call 236, Passage of H. Res. 1269, NO; Roll Call 237, Bost Amendment No. 8, NO; Roll Call…