Speech #1100063453

This amendment would require people traveling to and from my District and Canada to have a passport and would not allow the Department of State to implement an alternative passport document. House rollcall vote 483. 1 would have voted "yes" on the LaTourette Amendment to restrict funding in the Act from implementing the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative before June 1. 2009. 1 strongly support not allowing the administration to implement WHTI before 2009 because the Administration has tailed to report on how it will implement the program in a way that does not affect trade and protect the privacy of my constituents. House rolcall vote 484. 1 would have voted "no" on the Tancredo Amendment. which would restrict funding in the Act from implementing the Visa Waiver program. a program with 27 countries today. House rollcatl vote 485. 1 would have opposed the Tancredo Amendment No. 7 which would block State and local communities from receiving grant tunding it they are found to be acting in contravention ot the law that States and locals cannot prevent the sharing of immigration information with the Federal government. Neither OHS nor the Department of Justice has ever found this to have happened. House rollcall vote 486. 1 would have voted "no" on the Royce Amendment that would require all $1 billion in the bill tor border fencing and technology only for two layers of pedestrian fence. House rollcall vote 487. 1 would have voted "no" on the Forbes Amendment which would eliminate the ability to extend Temporary Protected Status granted victims from wartom countries. House rollcall vote 488. 1 would have voted "no" on the Rogers (KY) Amendment. The amendment would eliminate the DavisBacon prevailing wage requirement in the bill.