June 29, 2006   LIEBERMAN SAYS DHS INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION PLAN NOT ENOUGH Administration Needs to Support Chemical Security Bill, Increase Port, Transit Funding   Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Thursday issued the following statement about the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), expected to be released by the Department of Homeland Security on Friday. “Long overdue, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan is an important starting point for homeland security. But given the fact that private industry owns 85 percent of the nation's critical infrastructure and key resources, the Administration simply has not done enough to persuade or compel private industry to protect itself from terrorist attacks and natural disasters. “Toward that end, the Administration should provide adequate funding for port and transit security, and it should endorse - and push for immediate consideration on the Senate floor - the Collins/Lieberman chemical security bill, which was reported out of the Homeland Security Committee unanimously earlier this month. Issuing a revised infrastructure protection plan alone won't make our country as secure as it should be." -30-   ###   Printable Version   « previous Press Release next Press Release »   1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 June 2006 Press Releases   June 30 - Collins, Lieberman Seek to Address Government Fraud   June 29 - Dodd, Lieberman Help Secure Additional $4 Million for Coast Guard Research and Development Lab   June 29 current Press Release   June 28 - Lieberman Speaks on Introduction of Bill to Reinvent FEMA   June 27 - Collins, Lieberman Seek Greater Funding To Protect Transit, Rail and Ports   June 27 - Lieberman Says Appeals Court Decision Reaffirms Opposition To DHS Personnel Changes   June 23 - Lieberman Demands Greater Information Security For DHS Trusted Traveler Programs   June 20 - Lieberman Welcomes Reversal of FEMA Trailer Evictions   June 20 - Democrats Seek Oversight of Iraqi Reconstruction Contracts   June 19 - Lieberman Says Federal Efforts to Ensure Diversity Must Improve   June 16 - Lieberman Says NRP Conclusion is Not Surprising   June 16 - Senators Collins, Lieberman, Coleman and Murray Call on Chertoff to Issue Transporation and Port Security Grant Guidance   June 15 - Senate Homeland SEcurity Committee Unanimously Passes Collins-Lieberman Chemical Security Legislation   June 15 - Lieberman Heralds Advancement Of Chemical Security Bill   June 14 - Lieberman Leads Defeat of Industry's Preemption Amendment to the Chemical Security Bill   June 14 - Lieberman Says Disaster Aid Abuse Underscores Need For A Reinvented FEMA   June 14 - Lieberman Calls for Investigation of the Appearance of Widespread Censorship by the Administration on Climate Change Research   June 9 - Some Katrina Victims Get a Break on Unemployment Benefits   June 9 - NASA Admits Wrongdoing in Not Allowing Top Scientist to Discuss Climate Change Research   June 8 - Senate Homeland Security Committee Holds Hearing on Where FEMA Belongs   June 8 - Lieberman Calls for Reinvention, Strengthening of FEMA   June 6 - Lieberman Assails GOP for Refusing to Extend Unemployment Benefits for 2005 Hurricane Victims
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