[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 66 (Thursday, April 24, 2008)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E728]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          INTRODUCTION RESOLUTION REGARDING TSA RAIL SECURITY

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                        HON. SHEILA JACKSON-LEE

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 24, 2008

  Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam Speaker, I rise today to introduce a 
resolution regarding the role of the Transportation Security 
Administration in securing our Nation's rail and mass transit lines. 
This resolution reaffirms the Congressional mandate provided for in the 
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 that 
the Transportation Security Administration enhance security against 
terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and 
mass transit lines.
  I am pleased to have Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie 
Thompson, as an original cosponsor of this resolution. Chairman 
Thompson has been a leader in our efforts to secure against terrorist 
threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit lines.
  Each weekday 11,300,000 passengers depend on our Nation's mass 
transit lines as a means of transportation.
  Our Nation's mass transit lines serve as a target for terrorist 
attack as evidenced by the March 11, 2004, attack on the Madrid, Spain, 
mass transit system, the July 7, 2005, attack on the London, England, 
mass transit system, and the July 11, 2006, attack on the Mumbai, 
India, mass transit system.
  The Transportation Security Administration has, through the 
development of its National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program, 
furthered its ability to provide security against terrorist attacks on 
the Nation's transportation systems by preventing and protecting 
against explosives threats.
  It is imperative that our Nation's rail and mass transit lines remain 
secure from terrorist attack as they are critical to the functioning of 
our Nation's economy and serve as a means of transportation on a daily 
basis for millions of hard-working Americans.

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