House Proceeding 06-04-09 on Jun 4th, 2009 :: 0:34:40 to 0:37:15
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Speech By: Dina Titus

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Dina Titus: flights to view the grandeur of the grand canyon and the desert which surrounds our city. general aviation flights are also critical to supplying goods to las vegas and they also are an efficient means for business travels -- travelers to reach our great city, one of the most popular business travel destinations. this is a vital industry to my

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Michael N. Castle: district and i will be a voice for it here in congress. i am hopeful that the t.s.a. will involve this important industry in rule i'm confident they will. thank you, mr. chairman. the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania. mr. dent: may i inquire time i side? the chair: the gentleman from pennsylvania has 18 nana minutes. the gentleman from mississippi

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Michael N. Castle: has 15 minutes. mr. dent: thank you, mr. chairman. at this time i'd like to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from state of delaware, mr. castle. th recognized for two minutes. mr. castle: i thank the distinguished gentleman from the great commonwealth of pe i also rise in support of h.r. 2200. following the attacks on

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Michael N. Castle: september 11, 2001, our nation ok unprecedented steps to secure our nation's airlines. since then congress has continued to providehe needed level of funding to ensure our airlines are among the safest in the world. but until recently, however, rail and transit security grant programs remain badly underfunded given both the volume of riders carried each day and unknown -- and known

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Michael N. Castle: terrorist threats to such passengers. each week day more than 14 million people, each week day, use public transportation. nearly 30 million people ride amtrak each year, including millions of commuters along the heavily traveled northeast corridor. given the attacks on rail and transit in spain, the united kingdom, and india, this is a vulnerility that cannot be ignored. in response i have worked

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Michael N. Castle: closely with congressman peter king, rush hold holt, and other members of -- rush holt, and other members of this body to focus our security efforts on protecting rail, transit riders and infrastructure. over the last several years i have made progress on this fund by increasing rail and security grant funding, studying foreign rail security practices and expanding rail and transit k

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Michael N. Castle: nine teams and public awear -- k-9 teams and public awareness campaigns. i was discouraged to learn in march t.s.a. and fema have struggled when it comes to spending grant dollars in a timely fashion. large percentages of grant dollars appropriated in fiscal years 2006, 2007, 2008 have yet to be rewarded to local authorities. for this reason i strongly

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Michael N. Castle: support section 307 of this legislation which requires the department of homeland security's inspector general to investigate the administration of these security grants and make recommendations for streamlining the grant award process within 180 days. mr. chairman, like forward to reading the results of the i.

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Bennie G. Thompson: grks' report on the rail and -- i.g.'s report on the rail and security grant distribution process. i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from mississippi. mr. thompson: mr. chairman, i recognize the gentleman from

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Speech By: Bennie G. Thompson