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… Read more »
Mayor Bloomberg capitulated yesterday and agreed that the city should pay for medical expenses incurred by Rudy Washington, a top Giuliani aide sickened by toxins he inhaled while serving at Ground Zero in 2001, the New York Post reports. The city had appealed a favorable ruling on a workers’ compensation claim Mr. Washington filed last year.
“Mayor Bloomberg made… Read more »
Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Congressman Anthony Weiner held a press conference today in Manhattan to demand that the Department of Justice crack down on retailers continuing to supply would be criminals with fake police badges. Four months after a new federal ban was enacted, fake badges are still widely available and are being used to lure children in Borough Park, Brooklyn.… 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… 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… Read more »
“The question on this motion is, do we or do we not want to risk American cities, and American lives, on the Chairman’s confidence in Wal-Mart’s paperwork?”
House Republicans today rejected a Democratic effort to make 100-percent scanning of shipping containers the policy of the United States. Congressman Jerrold Nadler and Congressman Ed Markey, both of whom… 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… 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… Read more »
Debate has swirled in recent weeks around Democratic efforts to make 100-percent scanning of shipping containers the policy in the United States. Two amendments based on the Congressman Nadler’s S.O.S. Act came before major committees in April, and the legislation will be offered again on the House floor tomorrow.
Fearful that 100-percent scanning – a key Democratic… 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… Read more »