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Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006

Date: May 18, 2005
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: National Security Transportation


DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006 -- (House of Representatives - May 18, 2005)

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Ms. NORTON. Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.

The Thompson substitute is necessary. It fills great holes in our major bill. There is not one dollar in this bill for the transportation that America uses to go to work: rail, light rail, buses, subways, ferries. Yet even after Madrid, we are not dealing with the al Qaeda favorite. One-third of all the attacks has been on public transportation.

Cargo within four blocks of the Capitol. Explosives. One car, 14 miles. If one attack occurred, 100,000 people dead in a half-hour. How can we reauthorize or authorize the first homeland security bill without having any section in that bill on rail security? I do not think we can.

The American people deserve better. The Thompson substitute is clearly superior.

http://thomas.loc.gov/

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