[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 90 (Friday, June 25, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H5132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              UNFAIR ALLOCATION OF HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDS

  (Mr. SHAW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SHAW. Mr. Speaker, this is the third day in a row that I have 
come to the floor to speak in protest of the unfair practice by the 
City of Miami in allocating Federal urban security money to Broward and 
Palm Beach Counties. Of the $30 million allocated to the south Florida 
urban area, zero dollars, zero, have been assigned to Palm Beach 
County. For the City of Miami to neglect providing the necessary 
funding for this county is simply outrageous, in that they have kept 90 
percent of these funds for themselves.
  Palm Beach County is home to 1.2 million people, and it has a large 
and very busy international airport, as well as three general aviation 
airfields. The port of Palm Beach is the fourth busiest container port 
in Florida and the 18th busiest in the continental United States, 
making it an attractive target for would-be terrorists.
  Mr. Speaker, the hijackers of September 11 spent part of their time 
in south Florida, and Palm Beach was the site of an anthrax attack, 
killing one person and injuring many more; and, yet, Palm Beach County 
is not getting one dime in antiterrorist funds. This is outrageous, Mr. 
Speaker, and I am asking Homeland Security to designate Broward and 
Palm Beach Counties as its own region under the Urban Area Security 
Initiative Program so that we can be eligible to receive the necessary 
funds we must protect our infrastructure, our community and our 
residents.

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