I rise in support of the fiscal year 2007 Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Report. This is the second of 11 individual conference reports I hope to bring to the House floor for consideration this year. The conference report funds the Department of Homeland Security at $34.8 billion for fiscal year 2007. an increase of $2.3 billion over the fiscal year before. [ 1515 The conference agreement aggressively addresses our most critical homeland security needs including border and immigration security. port. cargo and container security. transportation security. natural disaster preparedness and response. and support to State and local first responders. I would really like to praise Chairman ROGERS and Ranking Member SABO for their very fine bipartisan work. but to my colleague MARTIN SABO. let me say not just a colleague and congressional classmate. MARTIN SABO is one of the finest people I have known since I have been in Congress.
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