It is unfortunate that FEMA has decided not to participate today. Their absence undermines the subcommittee's ability to...
This should make sense to nobody, in my opinion.
I am going to be voting no, but I just want to explain why I am voting no...
I would be willing to work with you on this bill to make this bill better and, quite frankly, more expansive...
There shouldn't be Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands response. There should be an American response.
This probably was not a wise choice to implement this in a situation so far away from the mainland.
Their refusal undermines the work of this committee, which is exercising its oversight responsibilities.
It is disrespectful to our witnesses from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who have traveled here today to inform...
I am not convinced at this point that we are anywhere near a capacity in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
Political expediency is no longer the order of the day.
We have to stand up to the President. We cannot allow him to believe that he can do all of these things with impunity.
Do you believe that you are an American entitled to the same benefits, a citizen entitled to the same benefits and right...
This level of disrespect is contagious, and it is infecting the body politic in the United States of America.
So much of what I have heard and seen in my visit to Puerto Rico, especially, in many instances FEMA has been missing in...
It is a sad day for our country when we see this kind of disrespect.
I believe that if these agencies that I just spoke of, if these agencies were abolished, that our country would be subst...
The public has no input in this process, as far as we understand.
I am not opposed to biometric technology and recognize it can be valuable to Homeland Security in facilitation.
