Dan Donovan

First, I would like to thank Subcommittee Chairman Carter and Ranking Member Roybal-Allard, along with the House Homeland Security Committee and all their staff for the hard work on this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I am proud to rise in…

I, once again, urge my colleagues to support H.R. 2182. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Donovan) that the House suspend…

I am also pleased a number of the provisions provided by the Committee on Homeland Security are included in division F of this bill. These provisions authorize FEMA's senior law enforcement adviser, ensure an appropriate focus on good…

I once again urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1372, as amended, and I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Donovan) that the House suspend…

I once again urge my colleagues to support H.R. 1365, as amended. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. McCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record the cost estimate on H.R. 1365: March 22, 2017. Hon. Michael McCaul…

As chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, I rise today in support of H.R. 687. This legislation would establish a review process for grant applicants seeking to purchase equipment or systems…

I, once again, urge my colleagues to support H.R. 549. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Donovan) that the House suspend the rules and…

I thank Chairman Goodlatte for yielding. Foreign threats should never dictate American policy, but that is, unfortunately, what happened with President Obama's veto of this legislation. That a foreign government can hide behind sovereign…

Once again, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 5943. I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Donovan) that the House suspend the rules and…

As chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, I rise in support of H.R. 5460, the First Responder Access to Innovative Technologies Act, which passed out of my subcommittee with bipartisan support…

We know that terrorists have an interest in and a track record of targeting mass transit. We saw it in London, Madrid, and Brussels, and recently, again, when a terrorist left a backpack of IEDs at a train station in Elizabeth, New Jersey…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Payne), my friend, who is on the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications with me, a subcommittee of Chairman McCaul's Committee on Homeland Security. I rise in support…

To begin, I would like to acknowledge and thank Speaker Ryan, Chairman Goodlatte, and Chairman Upton. I have been a Member of this distinguished institution for only 16 months, and, in that time, they have done right by the heroes I…

Our country is based on freedom of religion, freedom of assembly, freedom of speech.

I think in places where there is a viable contested election and there is the potential for some problems I think this can be a very important tool for us to continue using.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, line 6, strike ``part HH'' and insert ``part DD or HH''. Add at the end of the bill the following…

I thank Congressman Guinta and Congresswoman Kuster for their leadership in this area. Mr. Speaker, this week the House of Representatives will act to pass a package of bills addressing the opioid crisis. One of them, the Comprehensive…

I thank Chairwoman McSally for yielding. As chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 3583, the PREPARE Act, of which I am…

As the chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, I rise in support of H.R. 4509, the State and High-Risk Urban Area Working Group Act, which was introduced by the…

I have no other speakers. If the gentleman from New Jersey has no other speakers, I am prepared to close once the gentleman does.

I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as the chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security's Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, I rise today in support of S. 1180, the…

I thank my good friend from New Jersey (Mr. Smith) for allowing me this time to express and rise in support of H. Con. Res. 75. When considering the long history of civilization, we look back in horror at the unimaginable pain mankind is…

I want to thank you for your valuable testimony and for clarifying for the Members of this committee the hollow excuses of the administration.

15 years ago this September 11th, our country suffered the most deadly and devastating attack since its birth. Terrorists chose the Twin Towers because they stood proud and they stood tall. They stood as symbols of the raw power of people…

Since when is America afraid to stand alone? I was one of the fortunate freshman that got to go to Israel recently and I sat with the Prime Minister, who told us this deal guarantees that, in 15 years, Iran will have a nuclear arsenal…