I think we--I just think we could have had more.
Twenty-one thousand fires, and it takes this type of explosion to finally get the attention of the President
So--I mean, it says 'aircraft approval.' So they are approved as airworthy.
Now, this is something the Governor's office, you know, I think on nine separate occasions had requested a Federal disas...
I think we can streamline the process so that reimbursement can take place more in real-time.
The purpose of this hearing is to examine whether bureaucracy prevented a timely response to the recent devastating wild...
The lack of immediate response from these aircraft assets caused significant delays in fighting the fires in Bastrop Cou...
I first would like to thank my good friend, Congressman Henry Cuellar, for agreeing to be the Ranking Member of this com...
Texas has been the epicenter of a great natural disaster this year.
What happened in Texas this year is inexcusable and unacceptable.
FEMA must also change its defined jurisdictions for declarations.
We've got to cut the Federal Government. The Federal Government is getting in our way.
I think it's outdated. The Stafford Act, which governs disaster response, recognizes that the States and local communiti...
The State of Texas remains to be a tinderbox, and I think it's very foreseeable, as it has been this past year, that we'...
What happened in Texas is inexcusable and unacceptable.
I'll be the first one to say we need to do a lot more.
An emergency should be taken care of instead of having a Washington debate as to how we pay for this.
Let me say thank you for your efforts on behalf of the State of Texas. I think the response at the highest levels of the...
