Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, The Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery, 2006

EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR DEFENSE, THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR, AND HURRICANE RECOVERY, 2006 -- (House of Representatives - March 15, 2006)

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Mr. DeLAY. Mr. Chairman, I move to strike the last word.

Mr. Chairman, I rise for the purpose of a colloquy with Chairman Wolf.

I understood that the Justice Department is working on a plan to distribute $125 million in emergency funds that were provided in the last hurricane supplemental bill for State and local law enforcement.

Yesterday, in our Appropriations subcommittee hearing, I asked the Attorney General what portion of the funds Texas would receive. The Attorney General told me, ``The law requires us to consult with both House and Senate appropriations, and that is ongoing. Believe me, the last thing I want to do is to victimize the victims again, victimize the States who stepped in and bore the brunt of these terrible tragedies.''

Texans did exactly that. Our citizens stepped in and bore the brunt of these terrible tragedies directly with the fallout from Hurricane Rita and indirectly by taking in hundreds of thousands of evacuees.

The Attorney General should deliver to the committee a plan that includes the needs of law enforcement agencies in Texas. Do you agree, Chairman Wolf?

Mr. WOLF. Mr. Chairman, will the gentleman yield?

Mr. DeLAY. I yield to the gentleman from Virginia.

Mr. WOLF. I do agree. Texans stepped up and helped out in a tremendous way. I hope the Attorney General will work quickly to deliver a plan that meets the gentleman's concerns.

Mr. DeLAY. I appreciate the chairman's attention on this matter.

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