united states marshal services, salaries and expenses, $1,038, 388,000. construction, $14 million. national security division, salaries and expenses, $87,938,000. intraagency law enforcement -- interagency crime and drug enforcement, $528,569,000. federal bureau of investigations, salaries and expenses, $7,718,741. construction, $132,796,000. drug enforcement administration, salaries and expenses, $2,019,682. bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives, salaries and expenses, $1,105,772. -- $1,105,772,000. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from tennessee rise? mr. roe: i have an amendment at the desk. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 25 printed in the congressional record offered by mr. roe of tennessee. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 552, the gentleman from tennessee and a member opposed will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. roe: thank you, mr. speaker. i yield myself 2 1/2 minutes. >> mr. chairman, i raise time in time for opposition. the chair: the gentlem

h.r. 1741 would also allow these programs to receive technical assistance from the united states marshal service. by improving the protection for state and local witnesses, we come one step closer to alleviating the fears and threats to prospective witnesses and safeguarding our communities from violence. and again i want to thank mr. conyers, i want to thank mr. johnson, mr. scott, and all of those in -- and ranking member for the support. i urge my colleagues to pass this legislation. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland yields back his time. the gentleman from california. mr. issa: thank you, mr. speaker. it's now my pleasure to yield three minutes to the distinguished alternative from the city of new orleans, junior member from louisiana, mr. cao. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from louisiana is recognized for three minutes. mr. cao: i thank the gentleman for yielding me time. mr. speaker, i rise today in strong support of h.r. 1741, the witness security and protection grant program act. crime is the number one concern of my constituent

marshal service to prepare an aircraft and a special group to fly the detainees on flights from gitmo to northern virginia for resettlement. quote, in a conference call overseen by the national security council, justice and pentagon officials have been warned that any public statement about gitmo transfers would inflame congressional republicans according to a law enforcement official who asked not to be named discussing internal deliberations. the "newsweek" report also confirmed by bloomberg news makes clear that attorney general holder had every intention of releasing these trained terrorists in our communities. i repeat, released in our communities, not held in our jails, but free in our neighborhoods and communities. this administration expects you to take it at its word as these detainees are not a threat. it is unacceptable. eric holder should have been prepared to come up and tell the congress and give the information on these individual cases. but to move these individuals who were in guantanamo bay on a friday afternoon when the congress was gone and the press was not watchi