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It Matters Not What Your Individual Position Is On Either War We Are Currently Prosecuting - In Iraq Or Afghanistan - Certainly We Can All Agree Protesting At Military Funerals Is A Cruel And Unnecessary Hardship On Our Military Families During Their Most Difficult Hour.

This Congress Has Promised All Manner Of Border Security And Port Security To The Tune Of Billions Of Dollars... Yet We Have - To Date - Funded Our Promises For Port Security At Only $900 Million. That's Quite A Distance Between What We Say And What We Actually Do.

Over The Last Five Years, The Administration And The Majority In Congress Have Appropriated Less Than $900 Million For Port Security Grants - Despite The Coast Guard's Determination That $5.4 Billion Is Needed Over 10 Years.

Education Is The Silver Bullet To Improve This Nation's Standing Worldwide... And Our Teachers Know That.

Mr. Speaker, I Rise Today To Recognize The Peace Corps As It Reached Its 45th Anniversary On March 1, 2006.