ms. richardson: mr. chairman, as former chair and current ranking member on the homeland security emergency preparedness subcommittee and member of the transportation and infrastructure committee, i offered this amendment in good faith to save lives and to protect american citizens. like my republican colleague, chairman king, i have a strong concern with the current appropriations bill in its current form which in and of it self could potentially cause dangerous threats to our national security by drastically cutting vital response and prevention programs, leaving americans and their visitors vulnerable when we are most in time of need. my amendment will make great strides to remedy this danger by ensuring that the department of homeland security secretary allocates $50 million for port security programs, $100 million for public transportation security assistance and railroad security assistance programs, $50 million for inner operable emergency communications grant programs, $10 million for the buffer z

ms. richardson: madam chair. the speaker pro tempore: curp -- the chair: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from california rise? ms. richardson: i ask for a recorded vote. the chair: further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from california will be postponed. are there further amendments to the pending program? if not, the clerk will read. the clerk: page 21, line 21, state mediation grants, $3,550,000. dairy indemnity program, for necessary expenses in making payments such sums as necessary, agricultural credit insurance fund program account including transfers of funds, $1,5 00,000,000,000. the congressional budget -- $1,500,000,000. in addition for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs, $2 68,634,000. funds appropriated to the agricultural credit insurance program account may be transferred, risk management agencies, $68,016,000. corporations, the following corporations are authorized to make expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing

ms. richardson of california, the amendment a by mr. gosar of arizona, amendment a by mr. broun of fwea, amendment offered by ms. foxx of north carolina, amendment number 12 by mr. broun of georgia, amendment b by mr. gosar of arizona, amendment b by mr. broun of georgia, amendment c by mr. broun of georgia, and amendment offered by mr. stearns of florida. the chair will reduce to two minutes the time for any electronic vote after the first vote in this series. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from connecticut, ms. delauro, on which further proceedings were postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. delauro of connecticut. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. [captioning made possible by the national captioning ins

ms. richardson: -- the chair: is the gentlelady california offering an amendment? ms. richardson: yes, mr. chairman. thank you for allowing me to speak -- the chair: the gentlelady will suspend. the clerk will report the amendment. the clerk: amendment offered by ms. richardson of california. page 53, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert reduce by $100 million, increase by $100 million. the chair: the gentlelady is recognized for five minutes in support of her amendment. ms. richardson: thank you, mr. chairman, for allowing me to speak on this disaster relief funding. my amendment is designed to support response, rescue and recovery. in fiscal year 2011, the disaster relief fund was funded as $2.65 billion. i was pleased to see only finally after great embarrassment that we restored the funding of what it was previously in full year 2011 after the disaster that we had in joplin, missouri. this eament of fund something not enough. and we should just be honest with the american public in terms of the budget of what the real costs are. hurricane season has not yet start

ms. richardson. >> thank you. ms. ferro, in your testimony, your reference a new program -- think safety every trip every time. you say this is available on- line. what other processed you have in place for consumers to know about this? this seems a little unrealistic. i was recently in new york. i bought a ticket for the lip trip. -- the loop trip. i did not go on line. what else are you doing besides this to communicate? >> we have several strategies. one is to just make sure people know that there is safety information available on our website about carriers. some of the trade associations also provide links to individual carriers, safety data so the customers themselves can link in and understand they can think safety every trip every time. >> other than websites, what process do you have for the average consumer? in testimony, you are talking about seniors, people not going on website. do you have nebraska process, people call a number, is there something available -- do you have any process, people call in numbe

ms. richardson. >> thank you. ms.erro, in your testimony, your reference a new program -- think safety every trip every time. youay this is available on- line. what other processed you have in place for consumers to know about this? this seems a little unrealistic. i s recently in new york. i bought a ticket for the lip trip. -- the loop trip. i did not go on line. what else are you doing besides this to communicate? >> we have several strategies. one is to just make sure people know that there is safety information available on our website about carriers. some of the trade associations also provide links to individual carriers, safety data so the customers themselves can link in and understand they can think safety every trip every time. >> other than websites, what process do you have for the average consumer? in testimony, you are talking about seniors people not going on website. do you have nebraska process, people call a number, is there something available -- do you have any process, people call in number, what

ms. richardson is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you. first of all, i would like to request that you accept into the record by unanimous con sent a summary of the letters you submitted into the record. a summarycy knopp sthoifs letters in the record? >> without objection, yes. >> i want to highlight the letters submitted, there were 16 letters from 14 individuals submitted. two of those individuals are convicted of right-wing terrorist activity. two others have threatened to commit acts of terrorism. and three of the individuals are convicted of murder, one for killing two police officers on separate occasions and another for killing three people. one was on the f.b.i.'s 10 most wanted list, one was stated in writing to the l.a. times saying in a little more than 14 months, in all, i'll probably commit murder, perhaps mass murder and another one stated, while in prison for mailing a fwom a u.s. attorney, he attempted to send another improvised explosive device and a powdery substance labeled anthrax. what i want to say is consider letter

ms. richardson was recognized for five minutes. >> thank you mr. chairman.irst i would like to request that you would accept and the record by unanimous consent a summary of the letters that you submitted into the record. >> a synopsis of the letters you accept into the record would you accept? >> without objection to the estimate has a summary of the letter submitted the riss 16 from 14 individuals submitted. two of those individuals are convicted of a right-wing terrorist activities. the two others have threatened to commit an act of terrorism and three of the individuals are convicted of murder. one for killing two police officers on separate occasions, and another for killing a free people. on the fbi's ten most wanted list he stated in writing to the l.a. times singing in a little more than 15 months in all i will probably commit murder, mass murder and another stated while nailing a bomb to the u.s. attorney she attempted to send another improvised explosive device and a pattern substance rebel anthrax so what i want to see for the record as to conside

ms. richardson. >> first of all, in your testimony on page three, you reference a new program, think safetyvery trip every time and you talk about the fact that this is available online. what other process do you have in place for consumers to know about this? this seems a little unrealistic. i was recently in new york and bought a ticket for the loop trip, i didn't go online and i'm a fairly informed consumer. what else are you doing besides this to communicate with people? >> we have several strategies. one is to make sure people know that there is safety information available on our web site about carriers and some of the trade associations also provide links to individual carriers' safety data so that customers themselves can link in and understand that they can think safety every trip every time. >> but other than web sites, what process do you have for the average consumer in the testimony today, it was spoken about -- you are talking about seniors. do you have any plan, any process, people call a number, is there something available in bus areas that they have to post? what other agg

ms. richardson: i'd like to thank congressman latourette and congressman pascrell for offering this amendment which enjoys bipartisan support which i strongly support. the yawn slot of natural disasters that we have seen across the country have shown that the neeled for first responders has increased, not decreased. many of us have been strong advocates for this program and recognize the inherent value of making sure our nation's first responders have the people and the equipment that they need in order to ensure our safety in all of our local communities. i support these programs. why? because they work. after an independent evaluation of the fire grant program was implemented by the department of agriculture, it concluded, it concluded that the department of agriculture, that this program was highly effective in improving the readiness and capabilities of firefighters across the nation. additionally, at a time when many local, state -- when many local and state governments have been forced to make drastic cuts to their emergency staff and personnel, the safer program has been the only resou

ms. jackson. let me call more names. [reading names] >> good afternoon, supervisors. linda richardson. i have over 25 years of environmental justice. i am a land use expert. i want to bring to your attention something the new members of the board need to know once and for all. the most comprehensive health assessment of any resident of san francisco was conducted in thebayview. -- the bayview. they got together with the department of public health. three people conducted the most comprehensive study. indicators had not been identified before. you should ask the department of public health. they established everything we know about the viewbayview. -- bayview. this was before the shipyard development. when the city created the department of environment, i wrote to the environmental just piece. it was a development concept for the entire bayview huntesrs- point. article 31 came out, the most comprehensive set of regulations. what you have, you have local, state, and federal regulators. it is the bay area quality control. they have been very instrumental. it is something that you must all