Brian Higgins

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing.

Anti-American sentiment is at an all-time high.

I would ask for unanimous consent to submit comments from the Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority for the record.

But it seems to me that, you know, you had indicated that Customs and Border Protection and the Canadian Border Service Agency installed new information technology equipment.

I see the fund-raising activities by a terrorist group as an act of terrorism, at least, at least in a preliminary way.

Well, that is not comforting. I think where there is a presence, there is an intent and there is a severe threat.

The legislation would call for the State Department to investigate Hezbollah's presence in the Western Hemisphere and create a long-term comprehensive strategy for keeping our communities and our Nation safe.

We know that before his death, Osama Bin Laden asked al-Qaeda operatives to target pipelines, oil tankers, and dams in the United States.

We need to know how to be prepared in the event of a natural disaster.

I would like to thank the Chairman for holding a hearing on this very important matter.

But the federal government's commitment is not keeping pace with the needs of the scientific community nor the demands of the constituents we serve.

The only failure in cancer research is when you quit or are forced to quit because of lack of funding.

I call on you today to craft a budget resolution that projects a doubling of funding for cancer and biomedical research over the next five years.

I implore you to include in a budget resolution a doubling of cancer research because these budgets, they do not only fund important programs, they are value statements.

I am here to urge you, in the strongest possible terms, to double the nation's commitment to cancer research.

We need specificity. We need the Government to have a clear-cut definition of the programs and activities that are most important to the homeland security mission.

Information sharing is an integral part to our Nation's security.

We are also sending jointly from myself and Congressman Higgins and our Senators a letter to you urging to find the funds in your budget for this idea of a customs and border inspection station at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.

The bigger picture of this is to ensure that our National security and our economic security are tied together.

I second the request to have the pre-inspection station at the Peace Bridge.

I want to associate myself with the prospective comments of my colleague, Kathy Hochul, in asking to replace the outdated Niagara Falls Border Patrol station.

To assume that continuing to do what we have done will yield to a different result is the definition of insanity.

It would seem illogical that we are both financing the Chinese expansion and then we are financing the response, but it is not illogical at all from the standpoint of corporate profits.

If you look, instead, at Congress having a Wall Street Party and a Main Street Party, it is only the former that supports these trade deals.

I will start by disagreeing with Dr. Campbell when he says that support for these trade deals is bipartisan here in Congress.