| Homeland Security
As a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Congressman Edwards has worked to improve our homeland security programs to protect America from those who seek to harm us.
Congressman Edwards' Homeland Security work includes:
$84 million added to the budget in 2003 to install radiological detectors at the busiest foreign ports, so nuclear materials can be detected overseas – before terrorists can get them to targets in America.
2,700 additional border patrol agents
$1.69 billion for cargo inspection and trade operations to secure the nation’s ports and commerce.
$139 million for the Container Security Initiative, expanding the program that searches foreign cargo coming into the U.S. from 58 foreign seaports.
$450,000 for Texas A&M; University to conduct valuable research and coordinate efforts with the U.S. Department of Energy and Russian universities to help curb the proliferation of nuclear materials and weapons across the world.
Chet has consistently supported the initiatives of National Emergency response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC) at Texas A&M; to train and support over 40,000 of the nation’s first responders every year. As one of the five schools in the National Domestic Preparedness Consortium, NERRTC offers integral training in emergency management services, rescue and recovery.
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