Chet Edwards For Congress

Defending our Homeland

As a member of the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, Chet is a leader in the Congress on improving our homeland security programs to protect America.

• Chet's recent work on the Homeland Security Appropriations Committee has led to: 5,700 additional border patrol agents, $1.69 billion for cargo inspection at our nation's ports, and $400 million for security grants at U.S. ports.




• Chet has led the fight to secure nuclear materials in the former Soviet Union so that highly-enriched uranium does not fall into the hands of terrorists.




• Chet secured $84 million to install nuclear detection devices at foreign ports to inspect ship containers bound for the United States.




• As a member of the Appropriations Committee, Chet helped kill the Dubai Ports deal in 2006.




• Chet has led the successful fight against attempts to cut funding for the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC) at Texas A&M. Proposed cuts would have meant 30,000 fewer police and firefighters would be trained, but Chet Edwards fought to see that these first responders would be trained to protect our local communities from terrorist attacks and natural disasters.




• Chet secured support for Texas A&M to conduct research and collaborate with the U.S. Dept. of Energy and Russian universities to help curb the proliferation of nuclear materials and weapons across the world. This important work led Texas A&M to establish the Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute .