ms. rogers. next speaker.

ms. rogers. next speaker. has increased among people at my hotel.whether they reported or not they are often many people where i live afraid to report it thinking of future problems. we sincerely appreciate the efforts to extend the district boundary so that these people get the protection they need most. thank you. >> president: thank you. next speaker please for good evening and welcome. >> testifier: my name is alan gregory i'm with the central city as though collaborative. i would like to bring to your attention -- i'm not happy when people waited 90 seconds or 2 min. to talk. i think the exception of some people should be an exception to that rule. that should be noted. i think some people deserve more time for that place they haven't society. somebody mentioned earlier something about enforcement. it's nice of laws but without enforcement, it's not going to happen. also book you need money to have enforcement and the city needs to start funding. that also. thank you they must. >> presidentthank you. next

ms. shalala: our recommendations should include the role of the states. mr. rogers: absolutely. ms. shalala: it is a different coalition when you start adding states. mr. rogers: they're not going to have the resources that the federal government is going to have. you are going to want to do this anyway -- one of the things we found after 9/11, everybody wanted everything all at the same time. it is not possible. you have to put a matrix together that says -- maybe it does not rise to the level of getting the first 10 -- of money. i can say that now. i probably could not say that some months ago. i would like to correct the record if i may. this is the challenge that you all have as well as legislators. making sure that when there is a good idea -- if we're not doing new york city, los angeles and places we know are on the immediate list -- they should be pretty high on the priority list. those are targets. it does not mean the others aren't. that is the challenge. that is how you engage the legislators. the all want to be a part. mr. ridge: that is a great statement you make. we hav

ms. bord votes aye. mr. cline? mr. cline votes no. mr. courtney? mr. courtney votes aye. mr. rogers? mr. rogers votes no. mr. franks? mr. franks votes no. mr. shuster? mr. shuster votes no. mr. whitman? mr. votes no. mr. hunter? mr. hunter votes no. mr. peters? mr. peters votes aye. dr. flemming? dr. flemming votes no. mr. gibson? mr. gibson votes aye. mr. walls? mr. walls votes aye. ms. heart? ms. heart votes no. mr. o'rourke? mr. o'rourke votes aye. mr. scott? mr. scott votes no. mr. brooks? mr. brooks no. mr. nugent? mr. nugent votes no. mr. ashford? mr. ashford votes aye. mr. multon? mr. multon aye. mr. burns? mr. burns votes no. mr. graves? mr. graves votes no. mr. zin is an aye. ms. mcfally? mr. knight? mr. mccarthy? mr. russell? mr. russell votes no. >> clerk wall the role of any members who missed the first vote? >> there were no members. >> how am i recorded? >> you are recorded no. >> i would like to change to a yes. >> gentlemen from california? >> he is recorded as a no. >> gentlemen from georgia, mr. johnson. >> mr. johnson is recorded a no. >> any other members? i am sorry gentlemen from rhode island?

ms. bredaio votes no. mr. klein votes aye. mr. courtney votes no. mr. rogers. mr. rogers votes aye. miss songas. miss songas votes no. mr. franks votes aye. mr. garamendi. mr. garamendi votes no. mr. schuster votes aye. mr. johnson. mr. johnson votes no. mr. conaway. mr. conaway votes aye. miss spear. miss spear votes no. mr. lambourne votes aye. mr. castro. mr. castro votes no. mr. whitman. mr. whitman votes aye. ms. duckworth. ms. duckworth votes no. mr. hunter. mr. hunter votes aye. mr. peters. mr. peters votes no. dr. fleming. >> dr. fleming votes aye. mr. vici. mr. vici votes aye. mr. kaufman votes no. ms. gabbard. ms. gabbard votes aye. mr. gibson. mr. gibson votes aye. mr. walz. mr. walz votes aye. ms. hartsler. ms. hartsler votes aye. mr. o'rourke. mr. o'rourke votes no. dr. heck. dr. heck votes aye. mr. norcross. mr. norcross votes no. mr. scott. mr. scott votes aye. mr. gallego. mr. gallego. about brooks. mr. brooks votes aye. mr. takai votes no. mr. nugent votes aye. ms. graham. ms. graham votes aye. mr. cook. mr. cook votes aye. mr. ashford. mr. ashford votes aye. mr. bridenstein. mr

to recognize the hard work of chairman rogers and ranking member lowey on this bill and the appropriations process. i would also like to thank my ranking member, ms. kaptur. i appreciate her help and with it this bill is better because of it. the bill provides $35.4 billion for the activities of the department of energy, army corps of engineers, bureau of reclamation and other agencies under our jurisdiction. this is a $1.2 billion increase from last year's funding level and $633 million below the request. this is a responsible bill that recognizes the importance of investing in our nation's infrastructure and national defense -- defense. as we do each year, we worked hard to incorporate priorities and perspectives from both sides of the aisle. the administration's proposal to cut programs of the army corps of engineers by $750 million would have led to economic disruptions in our ports and waterways as they filled in and would have left our communities and businesses vulnerable to flooding. instead this bill recognizes the critical work of the corps and provides $5.6 billion for those activities. $865 million above the request and $142 million m