Anthony D'Esposito: “Well, I will speak as a New Yorker and tell you that lens stinks because none of us see it as reasonable.”

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, first and foremost, I have to disagree with Leader Jeffries. He claims that Republicans don't want to debate the issues. There was a debate 2 weeks ago. There was a winner of that debate…

H.R. 5401 provides a one-time grant--from $5 million to $10 million--from the Department of Homeland Security.

I have to say that this questioning, at least for me, it seems sort of ridiculous, because we know the answers to it.

As a son of a mariner and someone who has grown up on Long Island and in its waterways, I am proud to have cosponsored Congressman LaLota's legislation, H.R. 5441, the Long Island Sound Restoration and Stewardship Reauthorization Act of…