mr. frelinghuysen. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in support of the homeland security's appropriations bill. as a member of the committee from a 9/11 state, i work daily to ensure that our state and nation are prepared to meet any and all potential homeland security threats, whether those threats come from natural events or from activities of violent international extremists. one month after osama bin laden was brought to justice, we cannot ignore the fact that terrorists are plotting and planning at this very moment to harm americans everywhere. they're waiting for us to let down our guard so they can attack our communities and our neighbors. mr. chairman, it remains a dangerous world, we must remain vigilant. however, we must also remember that one of the greatest threats to our national security is our growing $14.3 trillion national debt. we've heard that from our civilian and military leaders. consequently our subcommittee has carefully examined the president's $43.5 billi

mr. fleeling -- frelinghuysen, four minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: this is a good bipartisan bill carved out an an allocation be higher, but we must do our part to lower the federal deficit. this bill deserves our strong support, because as the chairman says and others, it has an important pay raise in there for all of our troops who are volunteering. it provides more first-class medical care for those who are injured. it provides more money for ships, 10 new ships, two of them being virginia-class submarines, additional money for fighter aircraft, which are badly needed. and $1.5 billion for the national guard equipment for overseas and home state missions. this money was unrequested by the administration. i want to take a minute to reflect the collective bipartisan frustration many are feeling with the administration's handling of the libyan operation, another what we might call overseas contingency operations. we will debate the national interests on libya as we consider measures that go to the heart of congress' constitutional role

mr. frelinghuysen. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for two minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in support of the homeland security's appropriations bill. as a member of the committee from a 9/11 state, i work daily to ensure that our state and nation are prepared to meet any and all potential homeland security threats, whether those threats come from natural events or from activities of violent international extremists. one month after osama bin laden was brought to justice, we cannot ignore the fact that terrorists are plotting and planning at this very moment to harm americans everywhere. they're waiting for us to let down our guard so they can attack our communities and our neighbors. mr. chairman, it remains a dangerous world, we must remain vigilant. however, we must also remember that one of the greatest threats to our national security is our growing $14.3 trillion national debt. we've heard that from our civilian and military leaders. consequently our subcommittee has carefully examined the president's $43.5 billi

mr. frelinghuysen of nune for noon today and noon tomorrow and mr. cicilline for today and 3:00 p.m. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the requests are granted. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. culberson: to address the house for one minute and revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. bull better -- mr. culberson: i want to address the bill passed on homeland security. in addition to funding our military, the military construction bill we've done for veterans' affairs, we also have a fundamental obligation to secure our borders and the homeland security bill we just passed does that in a number of important ways. most importantly for the people of texas, i want to reassure everyone listening tonight the texas delegation of this congress, the majority will not rest until the southern border is secure, until we with the full support of the people that live along the border secure the border with zero tolerance using existing law which means six months in jail for crossing the border illegally