Daniel Donovan: “We have made great progress in hardening our defenses against terrorists who wish to do us harm.”

What have we learned from the tragedies that we have recently had in Texas and in Florida?

I am glad that the FCC voted last week to require the delivery of alerts to 100 percent of the target area identified by the alert system with no more than one-tenth of a mile overshoot.

I hope the Ethiopian Government will pay attention to this hearing and change its policies and that the U.S. Congress will be watching closely to see whether Ethiopia makes any specific and concrete changes after this hearing.

These proposed cuts would have a tremendous impact on first responders across the country, and especially on those in the city I represent.