I had hoped to introduce two amendments tonight that I think go to the core of what is our fundamentally greatest challenge as it relates to protecting the homeland, and that is to provide a proper structure within which the Secretary of…

I hope a geospatial information office is created, with a corresponding budget, at DHS. Would the gentleman agree to work with me during conference to strengthen report language to direct the Secretary to create the Office of Geospatial…

I rise in general support. I really want to acknowledge the very difficult and great work by the gentleman from Kentucky (Chairman Rogers) and the ranking member, and as a member of this subcommittee, as a member of the Select Committee on…

One, it has been a misnomer by a number of Members who have come to the floor today pointing out that there is critical infrastructure throughout this Nation that needs to have security dollars addressed and directed towards it. This fund…

This is a big day for me personally because this is a piece of legislation that represents an agreement on a piece of legislation that I first introduced 4 years ago, and I want to talk a little about the personal aspects of this and how I…

I am pleased to support Chairman Duncan Hunter and the House Armed Services Committee efforts to provide our troops with the equipment necessary to successfully accomplish their missions in the global war on terrorism and Operation Iraqi…

This is a man who will not sign his name to a single trade agreement that does not include worker protections and environmental protections.

Protecting and securing America's homeland remains a top priority within our national borders and abroad. Global stability or instability directly affects the United States in all areas, rural or suburban. Investing money now to defeat…

this is an important bill in order to maintain the integrity of progress in developing a system of homeland security. The Homeland Security Appropriations Act particularly does so by ensuring that in the future, when our national…

I want to thank him for participating in this colloquy with me today to address a significant issue which was raised during the committee consideration of this bill. As the gentleman knows, when the committee marked up the…

I am quite frustrated. I am a New Yorker, I am an American, and I lost friends in the World Trade Center on September 11. What I would like to say to my friends on the other side is, let us move on. Let us not use any more distractions in…

But I wish to highlight some concerns I have with the current distribution formula. The City of New York spends $13.5 million a week, $700 million a year on extra police protection during its current state of alert. That amounts to more…

I am from New York's 20th Congressional District, the home of Saratoga, New York. We like to say it is the home of horse racing. It certainly is the home of the oldest flat track in the Nation, the proud home of Funny Cide, the winner of…

Mr. Chairman, I just simply wanted to take some time to come down at the introduction of this bill at the beginning of what will be a very long debate and long night on a number of issues important to the Nation and important to the…

I, too, join my colleagues and commend my colleagues this evening for working towards educating the world about the Armenian genocide. I am a proud member of the Armenian Caucus, and, Mr. Speaker, I come with some qualifications in that I…

I rise in support of celebrating March 25, 2002, as Greek Independence Day. The ancient Greeks developed the concept of democracy, in which the supreme power to govern was vested in the people. The Founding Fathers of the United States…

this past weekend the 22nd Congressional District of New York, New York State and indeed our Nation and the world suffered a great loss when we experienced the untimely death of Mr. Jack Shea. Mr. Shea was a double Olympic speed skating…

I am proud and happy to be here on the floor today. On September 11 all of America suffered losses. Some of us suffered more direct losses. And certainly in the last 3 months it has been an extreme struggle trying to figure out the right…

as the Member who succeeded Congressman Jerry Solomon to this body 3 years ago, I am sad to report his untimely passing. Jerry Solomon served in this body with distinction for 20 years, since 1978. We are all familiar with the phrase ``My…

I am proud today to be introducing the war bonds legislation authorizing the Department of the Treasury to establish a special category of U.S. savings bonds to help the government pay for rebuilding initiatives and anti-terrorism actions…

Mr. Speaker, we have seen extraordinary efforts in bravery throughout America in the last several days; and as a New Yorker, yesterday I saw extraordinary efforts in recognition by a number of my colleagues here. As a New Yorker, I wanted…

like all Americans, all America suffered losses yesterday, but for some of us it was more personal, since friends were lost in yesterday's incidents. Years from now, our grandchildren will ask where we were and what happened on September…

it is a pleasure and honor to welcome Pastor George McDearmon from the Ballston Lake Baptist Church in Ballston Lake, New York in my 22nd Congressional District. He and his wife, Deborah, are the proud parents of two children. Their…

I rise today on one of the infamous days for the citizens of New York's 22nd congressional district, a district that I represent. That is because yesterday, regrettably, the EPA Administrator leaked to the press her decision to dredge over…

recently, the Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin- based national dairy farm magazine, Hoard's Dairyman, on its editorial page, expressed its support for the continuation of the Northeast Dairy Compact and allowing other regions of the country to…