[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[House]
[Page 18234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             WE NEED A NEW DIRECTION ON SECURITY IN AMERICA

  (Ms. SOLIS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. SOLIS. Mr. Speaker, today I rise because America needs a new 
direction for homeland security. Our Republican colleagues are ignoring 
our Nation's real security needs.
  The 9/11 Commission made 41 recommendations on ways to make our 
Nation safer, but just this December America received a flunked 
Homeland Security 101, receiving 10 Cs, 12 Ds and 4 Fs.
  Only 6 percent of containers at our ports are being screened, most 
air cargo is not being screened, and 5 years after 9/11, the Nation 
still lacks a unified terrorist watch list for airline passengers.
  We need a new direction for America's security. We must guard against 
future attacks by implementing all the 9/11 Commission recommendations; 
and we must screen 100 percent of our containers and cargo bound to the 
United States in ships and planes; and we must ensure our first 
responders have the training, equipment and technology they need.

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