Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support the Senate amendment to my bill, H.R. 4227, the Vehicular Terrorism Prevention Act. It previously passed the House by a vote of 417-2 and was amended by the Senate to make simple technical corrections. Over the past several years, we have seen an increased frequency of terrorists around the world using vehicles, oftentimes rental vans or trucks, to commit violence. The United States has not been immune to these attacks as we saw in New York City at the end of last year when a terrorist killed 8 people and injured 11. This bipartisan legislation will ensure that the Department of Homeland Security is doing their due diligence to guard against attacks like this in the future. It would require the DHS Secretary to assess the activities the Department is undertaking to combat the threat of vehicular terrorism and submit a strategy to Congress on its findings and recommendations. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Chairman McCaul, Ranking Member Thompson, Senator Bill Cassidy, and the staffs of both the House and Senate committees for their work in advancing this legislation. I urge my colleagues to join me in concurring with the Senate amendment to H.R. 4227. Again, I thank the gentleman for yielding to me.”