[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14217-14218]
[From the U.S. 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 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

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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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