WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice, Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Subcommittee, today joined Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. John Katko (R-NY), Chairman of the Transportation Security Subcommittee, to introduce H.R. 2127, the Securing Expedited Screening Act. Authored by Rep. Thompson, the legislation addresses what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Inspector Genera...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice announced today that Nassau County will receive $1,950,000 in federal funding to support homeland security and counterterrorism activities. The grant, administered through the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), will support the efforts of local law enforcement agencies and emergency responders to prevent, prepare for and respond to acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events. Nassau County will receiv...
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Kathleen Rice today announced that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has released funding opportunities and allocations for its Fiscal Year 2015 Preparedness Grant Program, which supports state and local efforts to prevent, respond to and recover from acts of terrorism and other catastrophic events. New York is eligible to receive $76,949,000 through the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP), the most all...
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Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) and Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) joined other officials on Feb. 24, 2015 in calling on Republican lawmakers to approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security that is set to expire Saturday. (Credit: News 12 Long Island) Members of Long Island's congressional delegation Tuesday urged Republican lawmakers to approve funding for the Department of Homeland Security that is set to expire Saturday. At a news conference at LaGuardia Airport, Rep. Steve I...
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Long Island’s Democratic leadership today joined other New York elected officials in calling for House Republicans to pass a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The department’s funding is set to expire at midnight on Saturday, resulting in approximately 30,000 employee furloughs and a halt in crucial research and development on counterterrorism measures. The thousands of essential employees tasked with protecting American lives will be forced to remain on the job without pay,...
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Washington—With the Department of Homeland Security funding set to expire in four days, Reps. Steve Israel (D-Huntington), Joe Crowley (D-Queens, the Bronx), Hakeem Jeffries (D-Brooklyn) and Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) demanded that House Republicans put politics aside and join Democrats in passing a clean Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill. DHS funding is set to expire at midnight on Saturday, February 28th, resulting in approximately 30,000 employee furloughs and a halt in c...
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After several high profile security breaches involving airport personnel smuggling firearms onto commercial flights after bypassing security, lawmakers are discussing ways to bolster access control measures to deter and prevent future incidents, including 100 percent employee screenings, increased random screenings, expanding the list of disqualifying crimes for employees and more frequent criminal history records checks. On Tuesday, the House Committee on Homeland Security’s Subcommittee on Tra...
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Rep. Kathleen Rice (D-Garden City) has been all but officially named to the House Homeland Security Committee, where she will join her neighbor Rep. Pete King (R-Seaford), a former committee chairman who heads the counterterrorism subcommittee. Rice had requested being placed on the Homeland Security as one of three committees she was interested in serving on. The other two are Financial Services and Foreign Affairs. She will be named to a second committee later. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelo...
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