On the recordMarch 7, 2006
That is right. Again this is a third-party validator. This is from the Federal Register. Coast Guard estimate to implement the Maritime Transportation Security Act, how much money do we need to protect ourselves? $7 billion. What has the Republican Congress appropriated? $900 million, .9 billion. So we have got a long way to go here as you can see. So as Mr. Meek is going to start reading this stuff, Mr. Speaker, this is billions. Democrats were trying to put amendments on that were like $150 million. We are not even trying to increase it all that much. But we are saying we tried a billion. We tried $500 million. {time} 2320
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