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Yvette Clarke: “Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this important Homeland Security legislation. This legislation authorizes a…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2010
Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this important Homeland Security legislation. This legislation authorizes a program that has been very instrumental in keeping the City of New York and its environs safe, and that is securing the city. This initiative has proven to be an effective tool, and we are looking forward to a whole range of other important R&D programs to come forth as a result of this reauthorization. Securing the city should be expanded and will be expanded through this authorization to other environs throughout this Nation that could use that level of security through our efforts, as has been the case with securing the cities. So I am urging my colleagues, once again, to make sure that this authorization passes.
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Yvette Clarke
Democratic · New York
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govinfo.gov
Jul 20, 2010

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The speaker is urging support for Homeland Security legislation aimed at enhancing security in New York and beyond.

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