aderholt: mr. chairman? the chair: the gentleman from alabama. mr. aderholt: no objection. the chair: no objection heard. the amendment will be considered at this point. mrs. lowey: thank you. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mrs. lowey -- ms. lowey: i ask unanimous consent to -- the chair: mr. aderholt: i reserve a point of order for the gentlelady's amendment. the chair: the point of order is observed. the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. mrs. lowey: i'd like to make a few additional points because previously i did discuss the amendment in greater detail. . and i thank the chairman for your consideration. $1 billion for the block grant funding, i think it's important that we look at the breakdown. $192.6 million for law enforcement training and exercises, $55 million for operation stone garden grants which is overtime costs, $85 million for fema to administer the grant programs which is the department of homeland security estimate, and this

aderholt: mr. chairman, i withdraw my reservation but i rise in opposition. the chair: the gentleman withdraws his reservation. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. mr. aderholt: the bill already reduces the office of undersecretary substantially. 6% below the request and 26% below the f.y. 2011 c.r. it includes no funding to continue construction of the department of homeland security headquarters. the bill has reduced management to a bare minimum with reduction of 29% to leadership and management offices. the department of homeland security is an agency of 230,000 employees. the number of employees in oscm is 00 or less than a third of a percent. and funding provided is also a third of a percent for the total d.h.s. budget. this is extremely small for assets need to manage a major security department. additional reductions would prevent filling key staffing positions and thus limit the ability of the department to respond to national emergencies and provide stable leadership to the publi

aderholt: thank you. it is nye honor to present the fiscal year -- it is my honor to present the appropriations bill for the department of homeland security. this bill before us today, perhaps more than any other bill, exemplifies the difficult choices that need to be made in order to address our nation's fiscal crisis. this bill demonstrates how we can fully fund vital security programs while also reducing spending overall. furthermore this bill does not represent a false choice between fiscal responsibility and security. both are national security priorities and both are vigorously addressed in this bill. i'm under no illusion that everyone here in this chamber will agree with the spending reductions included in this legislation. but now more than ever our government needs fiscal discipline and this bill takes the necessary steps toward that goal. the bottom line, more money and more government do not equal more security. so in this time of skyrocketing debt and persistent threats, we must get our homel

aderholt, mr. price and others on that subcommittee have worked very hard to deal with this priority item. mr. rogers served in the leadership on this subcommittee in the past and continues to have a great interest in it. and we should note that as we look at this new procedure that hasn't been considered since, as my friend from corning said, july 31 of 2007, what we have is a structure whereby members will have the opportunity to stand up and offer amendments. and i listened to my friend from providence, our new colleague, mr. cicilline, who said that he opposes this bill because of the fact that it makes a cut that he didn't like. well, mr. speaker, as you know very well, under this rule mr. cicilline or any other member of this house will be able to stand up and in if he can find offsets -- and if they can find offsets, they can have a vote on the amendment addressing their particular priority. i also have to say that in the rules committee our good friend from north carolina, mr. price, was be

aderholt: we accept the gentleman's amendment. the chair: is there anyone else who wishes to speak to this amendment? if not, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed. >> mr. chairman? the chair: the gentleman from minnesota. >> request a roll call vote. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from minnesota will be postponed. thank you. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: will the gentleman pess phi which amendment? will the gentleman from michigan specify which amendment. >> i don't have the number. 149. the chair: the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by mr. amosh of michigan. at end of the bill before the short title insert the following, section, none of the funds made available under this action should be use

aderholt. mr. aderholt: reclaiming my time. mr. dicks: will the gentleman yield? well, again, the gentleman is the chairman of the transportation committee. you're the one that helped create this bureaucracy. why don't you fix it and bring a bill to the floor so we can have a chance to vote for it? mr. aderholt: reclaiming my time. mr. dicks: why don't you come to the -- mr. aderholt: i yield to the gentleman from florida. the chair: the gentleman from alabama controls the time. mr. aderholt: i yield to the gentleman from florida. mr. mica: again, i'd love anything -- i love nothing more than have jurisdiction. i don't have the jurisdiction. i do have jurisdiction for some oversight which we've -- mr. dicks: homeland security does that. mr. mica: yeah, they do. when homeland security comes marching through the pasture here and try to make the changes that are necessary. we discussed with your staff the changes that we believe are necessary. but i don't have that jurisdiction. i wish i did, but i'm doing all i can to work with the appropriators and you guys in your

aderholt: i reserve a point of order on the gentlelady's amendment. the chair: a point of order is received. the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes. ms. speier: mr. speaker, thank you. you know, we've all witnessed a absolute employment disaster in this country. last month we found that manufacturing sectors slowed again. in fact, the number of americans involved in producing goods is near its lowest point since world war ii. meanwhile we have some things we could do to change that and i've got a great example to share with you today. this is a t.s.a. uniform. this uniform is manufactured in mexico. imagine that. manufactured in mexico. a company in the united states, v.f. image wear, got a contract last february of 2010 for $98 million. it promptly outsourced the sewing of this uniform to mexico. so how many jobs were lost in this particular undertaking? it's estimated that 465 jobs for americans was lost because this contract was outsourced to mexico. this amendment is really quite simple, it basically will demand that the transportation secu

aderholt: mr. chairman, i move the committee do now rise and report the bill back to the house with sundry amendments and the recommendation that the amendments be agreed to and the bill as amended do pass. the chair: the question is on the motion of the gentleman from alabama. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. the ayes have it. accordingly, the committee rises. the speaker pro tempore: mr. chairman? the chair: mr. speaker, the committee on the whole house on the state of the union having had under consideration h.r. 2017 asks me to report the same back to the house with sundry amendment with the recommendation the amendments be agreed to and the bill be amended and do pass. the speaker pro tempore: the chair of the committee of the whole house on the state of the union reports the committee has had under consideration the bill h.r. 2017 and reports the bill back to the house with sundry amendments adopted in the committee of the whole with a recommendation the amendments be adopted in the

aderholt: mr. speaker, i rise today to ask one simple question to the other chamber across the capitol, where is their appropriation bill for the department of homeland security for f.y. 2012? on june 3, some 19 days ago, the house passed its version of f.y. 2012 appropriation bill for the department of homeland security. a bill that not only invokes fiscal discipline and needed oversight, but one that ensures our frontline security and personnel and homeland security programs are adequately funded for the coming fiscal year. in addition, the house passed bill includes $1 billion in supplemental funding for fema's disaster relief efforts that is available immediately upon enactment. unfortunately as of today we have seen absolutely no action from the other body. there is no plan, no leadership, and no commitment to fiscal discipline, security, or disaster relief. the democrat leadership on the other body was not elected to wait. that is not what the american people elected them to do. waiting only

aderholt, allowing us, through language in the bill, to expand rapidly the use of available empty bed space for illegal aliens so no more police officers like -- we just lost another police officer in houston, texas, to an illegal alien and we're not going to rest until the border is secure, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. culberson: thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? >> mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 294, resolution providing for consideration of the resolution, house resolution 292, declaring that the president shall not deploy, establish, or maintain the presence of units and members of the united states armed forces on the ground in libya, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the concurrent resolution, house concurrent resolution 51 directing the president pursuant to section