[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 91 (Thursday, July 13, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H5131-H5132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             DHS CUTS ANTITERRORISM FUNDS FOR NEW YORK CITY

  (Mrs. KELLY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. KELLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise once again in opposition to the 
recent decision by the Department of Homeland Security to cut 
antiterrorism funds for New York City and Washington by 40 percent, 
while increasing spending for many smaller cities that are far less 
prone to terrorist attacks.
  This week's revelation by the DHS Inspector General about the serious 
flaws in the National Asset Database

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further underscores this irrational judgment by the DHS. Not only is 
DHS taking money away from the Nation's largest and most populated 
city, while another recent terror plot against New York came to light 
just last week, but its antiterrorism database listed the States of 
Indiana and Wisconsin with more potential terrorist targets than New 
York.
  This New Yorker finds it painfully ironic that the DHS said that one 
of the reasons for the cut in funding is our lack of landmarks 
necessary to protect New York. Well, if that statement is not illogical 
enough, consider this. Among the items in its National Asset Database 
that the DHS does find necessary are a petting zoo in Alabama, a 
popcorn factory in Indiana, and Mule Day. And here is a picture of the 
Mule Day Parade in Tennessee.
  As a New Yorker, it is certainly fair to question the rationale for 
our funding reduction if these are the priorities in other States which 
are receiving New York's money instead.

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