Homeland Security

"We must ensure the security of our airports, seaports, utilities and communication systems, and we must enforce strict control over those public and private research facilities that have access to biological and chemical agents. We also must provide the personnel required to meet our security needs and facilitate better communication among all agencies. These investments should be made now if we are to protect ourselves." - Yvette Clarke

Our country's most glaring vulnerabilities be addressed: our airliners and railways, the cargo containers in our ports, our chemical and nuclear power plants, and the cybersecurity of our nation's technological infrastructure. And he has been front and center in fighting for our nation's first responders; the firefighters and police officers who are truly on the front lines of homeland security.

As the 9-11 Commission Chairmen Thomas Kean and Lee Hamilton have noted, the recommendations of the 9-11 Commission are not an ultimatum, but swift action on these recommendations and reforms are crucial to safeguarding our nation.

Having reviewed the recommendations of the 9-11 Commission Report, Clarke now demands that swift action be taken to implement these necessary reforms The United States must strengthen its resiliency against the weapon of fear that terrorist wield.

Clarke believes that the psychological warfare of terrorism and its ability to strike fear into Americans must be guarded against and confronted much more aggressively. In order to accomplish this, she supports The National Resilience Development Act of 2003 (H.R. 2370), which would amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to convene and lead an interagency task force to increase the psychological resilience of the American public, and improve the ability of Federal, State and local governments to respond to the behavioral, cognitive, and emotional impacts of terrorism, along with their implications for disaster management.

Clarke: We Need a Local Community Disaster Plans

Clarke supports The Ready, Willing, and Able Act (H.R. 3565), designed to promote the development of community-based disaster plans that will protect the maximum number of citizens.

Clarke Calls for Passage of S.O.S. Act H.R. 4899

100-percent scanning of shipping containers

Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Gregory Meeks, and Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez today called for the passage of a bill to mandate the scanning of 100 percent of U.S.-bound shipping containers at their port of origin. H.R. 4899, would ensure that every shipping container arriving in the United States would be inspected.

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Endorsements

Hon. Betsy Gotbaum
NY Public Advocate

Hon. C. Virginia Fields
Manhattan Borough Pres.

Hon. Anthony Weiner
U.S. Congress

Hon. Donna Christian-Christensen
U.S. Representative for US Virgin Islands

Hon. Bill de Blasio
Councilmember, 39th CD

Hon. Kendall Stewart
Councilmember, 45th CD

Hon. Melissa Mark-Viverito
Councilmember, 8th CD

Hon. Annabel Palma
Councilmember, 18th CD

Hon. Rosie Mendez
Councilmember, 2nd CD

Hon. Helen Sears
Councilmember, 25th CD

Hon. John Liu
Councilmember, 20th CD

Hon. Melinda Katz
Councilmember, 29th CD

Hon. Helen Foster
Councilmember, 16th CD

Hon. Darlene Mealy
Councilmember, 41st CD

Hon. Alan Gerson
Councilmember, 1st CD

Hon. Miguel Martinez
Councilmember, 10th CD

Hon. James Sanders, Jr.
Councilmember, 31st CD

Hon. Phil Reed

Hon. Mayor Wayne Hall
Mayor Hempstead, LI

Hon. Nick Perry
Assemblymember, 58th AD

Hon. John Sampson
NY State Senator, 19th

Alan Fleishman
District Leader, 52nd AD

Rev. Dr. Paul Smith

Roberta Flack

Emily's List

Women Building for the Future PAC

National Women's Political Caucus

Women's Campaign Forum

Jim Owles Democratic Club

Stonewall Democratic Club

Caribbean American Leadership Summit

100 Clergy for Clarke

Progressive Democrat Political Association

Guyanese-American Workers United

Men and Women Against Domestic Violence

1199/SEIU

32BJ

District Council 9, Painters

Local 420, Hospital Wkrs, DC37 AFSCME

Mason Tenders District Council, LIUNA

United Food and Commerical Workers (UFCW), Local 1500

International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), Joint Council 16

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