funding for Coast Guard operations and security by $42 million. The funding was offset by decreasing the allocation for the Office of the Undersecretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection. [Vote 300, 7/24/03] XXXX Voted Against Transferring $300 Million From Intelligence Activities to Port and Maritime Security. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that would have transferred $300 million from intelligence activities to port and maritime security. [Vote 294, 7/23/03] XXXX Voted Against More Than $500 Million for Port and Transit Security. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that increased overall homeland security spending by $1.75 billion, including $238.5 million for port and border security, $532 million for maritime and land transportation security and $70 million for the Coast Guard. [Vote 291, 7/22/03] XXXX Voted Against $1.13 Billion For Port Security, Mass Transit Security And Other Homeland Security Spending. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that appropriated $1.13 billion for spending on port security, mass transit security and other homeland security spending. [Vote 120, 4/3/03] XXXX Voted Against $200 Million for Coast Guard Counterterrorism. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that increased spending for the counterterrorism provision by $2.7 billion, including an increase of $200 million for the Coast Guard. [Vote 119, 4/3/03] XXXX Voted Against $1 Billion For Port Security. In 2003, XXXX voted against an amendment that appropriated a total of $1 billion for port security, including $840 million for the Customs Service, the TSA and grants to states and localities; $150 million for the Coast Guard; and $10 million for a federal law enforcement training center. [Vote 115, 4/2/03; Baltimore Sun editorial, 4/4/03] XXXX Voted Against Shifting $7.8 Billion From Bush’s Tax Cuts to Port Security. In 2003, XXXX voted against increasing homeland security spending by $88 billion over ten years, including The package included $35 billion more than the Bush plan for direct grants to state and local $7.8 billion for port security. [Vote 65, 3/21/03; Post-Standard, 3/21/03] XXXX Voted for $6 Billion in Port Security. In November 2002, XXXX voted for a bill that would require the Transportation Department to develop a comprehensive national maritime security plan to prevent or deter terrorist attacks. It also would authorize $6 billion in fiscal 2003 for the Coast Guard, establish a new matching grant program to help ports and facilities improve security, and authorize an armed Sea Marshal program. The Transportation Department would be required to develop and issue to eligible port workers, merchant mariners and truck drivers a new, national transportation security card that would allow them to work in "secure" areas of ports, port facilities and other transportation facilities. [S 1214, Vote 243, 11/14/02] TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY XXXX Voted Against $300 Million for Transit Security. In July 2006, XXXX voted against providing an additional $300 million for transit security in the FY07 Homeland Security appropriations bill. [Vote 196, 7/12/06; CQ Today, 7/12/06] XXXX Voted Against $1.1 Billion for Transit Security. In July 2006, XXXX voted against adding $1.1 billion for rail and transit security grants to the FY07 Homeland Security appropriations bill. Of that amount, $670 million would have been directed to Amtrak’s Northeast corridor. [Vote 194, 7/12/06; CQ Today, 7/12/06; Congressional Record, 7/12/06] XXXX Voted Against $1 Billion for Transit, Rail Security. In March 2006, XXXX voted against increasing FY07 homeland security funding by $8 billion, $6.2 billion of which would go directly to the Department of Homeland Security. The funding XXXX rejected included $500 million each for transit security and passenger rail 198