AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. NADLER Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Nadler: Page 80, line 24, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $70,000,000)''. Page 80, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $70,000,000)''... Read more »

AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. NADLER Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. The Acting CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Nadler: Page 91, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert the following: ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. Page 105, lines 5 and 6, after each of the dollar amounts, insert the following: ``(redu... Read more »

Mr. Speaker, while House Republicans plan to use the next couple of months trying to distract the attention of the American people away from their failures, House Democrats are focused on the American people's priorities. While Washington Republicans have allowed our dependence on foreign oil to increase over the last 5 years, House Democrats are committed to achieving energy independence in the n... Read more »

AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. NADLER Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, I offer an amendment. The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Amendment offered by Mr. Nadler: Page 42, line 24, through page 43, line 5, strike ``: Provided,'' and all that follows though ``Radiation Portal Monitors.''. The CHAIRMAN. Pursuant to the order of the House of today, the gen... Read more »

Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong support of the amendment to increase funding for the NEA by $5 million and the NEH by $5 million. Frankly, this is a modest amendment; I wish this amendment asked for an even greater increase in arts funding. It's astounding that this year the President will spend $60 billion in Cold War-era defense programs, such as a missile defense system that doesn't defend again... Read more »

MOTION TO RECOMMIT OFFERED BY MR. NADLER Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a motion to recommit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the gentleman opposed to the bill? Mr. NADLER. Yes, I am in its current form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Nadler moves to recommit the bill H.R. 4954 to the Committee on Homeland Security with instructi... Read more »

Mr. Chairman, I rise in very tepid support of this bill. It is a very nice bill. It has some nice provisions. None of it matters very much if we do not at least electronically scan every container before it is put on a ship bound for the United States. All it would take is one atomic bomb, one radiological bomb, to make 9/11 look like a fire cracker, to kill hundreds of thousands of people, to cos... Read more »

Mr. Speaker, this rule does not make in order an amendment that was defeated 18-16 on a practically party-line vote and is the key difference, and it is why this rule ought to be defeated. The gentleman from New York says a risk-based strategy. Why should we risk the lives of millions of people by assuming that we know which container will contain the atomic bomb or the radiological bomb? We don't... Read more »

Mr. Speaker, today President Bush is expected to announce his appointment of Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff to lead the administration's efforts to combat a potential avian flu epidemic. Didn't the President learn anything from Hurricane Katrina? Michael Chertoff is the same man responsible for the incompetent, inept and tragically unacceptable response to Hurricane Katrina. If Secretary... Read more »

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 75th anniversary of the opening of the Empire State Building, one of New York City's most recognizable landmarks and an iconic fixture of the City's skyline. This landmark building, located in my district, stands as a testament to the indomitable spirit of New York and the capacity of mankind to achieve the extraordinary. The Empire State Building, designed b... Read more »