more importantly, it would provide guidance for funding and implea mentation of these improvements. i thank the chairman and his committee staff for his work with me and for the record, i urge passage of the next amendment, number two, sponsored by congressman jackson lee and congressman hastings and i yield back. the chair: the gentlewoman from guam reserves the balance of her time? ms. bordallo: i yield back. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? mr. dent: i rise to claim opposition to the amendment, although i have no real objection. the chair: without objection, jarred for five minutes. mr. dent: i would like to say i support the amendment. guam international airport does not serve passengers traveling internationally from those passengers traveling domestically. there is no separation either by a separate floor or wall. prior to 9/11, the co-mingling of domestic international travelers was not a concern. guam international is concerned about the security implications of the current system and looking for a long term solution to prevent co-mingli

we are also giving them a timeframe which may prove to be a very difficult time frame for them to mentation, and we are also putting some additional burden on businesses at a time that our economy is in some difficulty. the legislation proposed would mandate the largest change in food safety and at least two decades and it will give the entire food industry a compressed time to do so. in a few short months they will have to turn the current system of paper-based records into an electronic form, businesses will have to find the money to register as a food facility and additional user fees if we deem inappropriate in the future and they will have to be able to fully traced the food to its place of origin. all those may be laudable goals but i'm not certain what we are proposing as a timeframe is adequate. and in the food and drug administration itself in that short and compressed time frame will have to hire enough inspectors to meet the new inspection standards, create identifier numbers for every, set up a new administrative law system, and make certain that each senator center has a food c