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Friday, November 20, 2009

Homeland Security Bills in House

Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), chairman of the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response, and Rep. Al Green (D-Texas), Homeland Security Committee member, introduction of three bills to enhance the nation's preparedness and response capabilities. The Homeland Security Relief Corps Act of 2008 (H.R. 6425) sponsored by Thompson would establish a relief corps within the Department of Homeland Security to respond to natural and manmade disasters. "With the floods in the Midwest and the other disasters this nation has seen since Katrina, it is time ...

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