mrs. napolitano: do you have more speakers? mr. chaffetz: i have no more speakers and consequently i'll yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. knapp -- mrs. napolitano: i want to thank my colleagues for endorsing this bill, especially the water staff on our side and on the minority staff. the collaborative effort is an example of how we can get things done. i'm very happy that we are able to do that in this bill and urge my colleagues to vote for this bill. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentloman yields back. the gentleman has yielded back. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 4349 as amended. those in favor will say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed, and wowed the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. -- and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california seek recognition? mrs. napolitano: m

. >> my name is grigor budas, and i would like to see if secretary napolitano and mr. aguilar can tell us which is the current status of the embassy agency with regards with the shootings at the border and how do you think that more deployment of troops and personnel can avoid interference with the good relationship that you have currently with the mexican government. >> good morning and thank you for that question. and good afternoon everybody. one of the things that i think that we need to recognize is, as has been stated numerous times before, that we ask our men and women to deploy in a very complex environment at the border. it is an environment that is not only complex, but is a tough area. they encounter various activities that until they encounter the activities, they don't know what they are up against. that being said, any time that there is loss of life it is very, very regrettable. the incident that you speak to is, in fact, being investigated. it is being investigated and looked into thoroughly, jointly with the law enforcement community throughout the are

mr. speaker, there seed to have been a grudge match or something going onetween now secretary of homeland securit janet napolitano, form governor of arizona, and eriff joe arpaio, the shiff of marico county. wh janet napolitano became secretary of the department of homend security, she annoced an initiative to how they were gog to make changes inhe 287-g law, the la that provides federal assistance to tin local law enforcent ficers so ey are well trned andcertified to orce federal immigration law and makes a commitment for i.c.e., immigrations customs enforcement, work with law enforcement that has a memorandum of understanding 287-g, it's an understanding that they've reach and agreement to work together, there were a lot of places in americaed that had 287g ctments. it's for local lawenforcement to support local law enrcement. you don't have to have this agreement toave local law enforcement enforce immigration law. there was an attorney general's opion written under john ashcroft that makes it clear that local law enforcement can enforce federal immigration law. there are a number of pieces of federal case law

mr. salazar, traveled down to the b.p. command center in houston. april 29, homeland security secretary napolitano announced a spill of national significance and president obama made his first public remarks about the disaster. that's nine days after it occurred. april 30, the president deployed his senior administration officials to the gulf region to make requests of the louisiana and makes the requests for remarks about what's going on and louisiana national guard was activated to assist. that's a start. that's a first start. president visits the gulf on may 2. like 13 days after the event. cabinet officers and members of congress -- briefed members of congress on may 4 about the seriousness of this event. may 11, louisiana requests emergency permission from the federal government to dredge barriers to construct berms. now, when i was about 18 years old, i worked in south louisiana and the whole ecology and economy of louisiana is directly affected by what they call the marshlands. there are literally thousands of people who make their living because the marshlands in louisiana thrive to be bre