Speech #1090127576

It is about time this House started legislating as such. Mr. Speaker. let us look at the amendments the Rules majority refused to give an up or down vote on. First. my amendment authorized $67 million for 400 Customs and Border Patrol inspectors to be assigned at seaports over the next 4 years. With all of the talk of how we need to shore up our ports here and abroad. why not put our money where our mouth Is and get enough people to do the job? One of the major deficiencies of our port security is that we do not have enough inspectors at U.S. and foreign seaports.