Is the Nation ready? But it is important for, at least, the Federal framework to be clear.

The Calling for 2-1-1 Act, Senator, is critical.

I think it speaks to the urgency of this Calling for 2-1-1 Act that you are supporting.

Well, let me say, Mr. Fugate, what you have just outlined is music to my ears.

I am actually aware of a center like that in Louisiana.

Your focus on results as opposed to process, I cannot tell you how happy that makes this Senator.

I want the public to understand the significance of this issue.

That hold is going to remain until this issue gets resolved in a way that I believe.

If you are not willing to invest in those things, you have lost a community.

I do not think people realize, like Senator Graham just said, how many people live near this coast.

this debris removal for local communities is a nightmare, and it causes unmitigated pain and suffering

How viable a community can you remain without a fire station, without a police station, without a library?

I want to make sure that we have that rational approach.

I would like to say we are ready, but I am telling you we are not, in any number of areas that we have heard about today.

This is not just what Senator Landrieu thinks might happen. This is what our government and scientists believe is probable to happen.

Whatever we decide it is, at least it gives us a goal that we all know we are working toward.

There are gaps along our Gulf Coast, all the way up to Delaware, Long Island, New York; rural Georgia; North Carolina; and the Panhandle of Florida.

The documented difference in the response in that very urbanized region of our country was vivid.