I want to thank Chairman CARTER for his leadership and his partnership in crafting our portion of the bill. The bill provides significant resources for critical priorities. including funding: to recapitalize the Coast Guard air and marine fleets. to fully fund FEMAs disaster relief activities. including wildfire management assistance grants. and to significantly enhance support for flood mapping and predisaster mitigation. to maintain funding for FEMA terrorism preparedness grants. including $50 million in new funding to help communities counter violent extremism and prepare for complex. coordinated terrorist attacks. to allow the Secret Service to continue implementing the recommendations of the Protective Mission Panel. and to enhance cybersecurity across the federal government. along with significant additional funds to help protect DHSs own cyber systems. I am pleased that the bill does not include the harmful immigration policy riders that were adopted during committee consideration of the House bill. I am also pleased that the omnibus incorporates a number of amendments and priorities I fought for during the Appropriations Committee markups. These include my amendment with Congresswoman LEE which creates and funds a comprehensive. nonpartisan child poverty study. and my amendment to defund the licensing or relicensing of Class B animal dealers who sell "random source" dogs and cats for use in research.
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