If that is not happening I need to know that to fix it.

I think Congressman Clyburn is going to talk a little bit about his experience, is, when you have, like South Carolina, you have some counties that handle it very well and some counties that don't.

We really have to fix that and some other things.

Almost immediately, a consensus emerged that the Federal response was woefully inadequate.

I think at some point, Mr. Administrator, you might have to help us make the case from a financial standpoint that we need to, you know, better to be prepared for the emergency when it happens than not prepared when it happens.

Director Fugate's tenure there has added stability to the agency.

I would like to thank you for holding this hearing to assess Federal preparedness, response, mitigation, and recovery capabilities that have evolved since Hurricane Katrina.

Administrator Fugate, you deserve much of the credit for that.

I look forward to hearing how you are working to continue to improve FEMA so it is a nimble organization prepared to respond.

Since September 11, more people in the United States have died in attacks by domestic extremists than in attacks by international terrorist groups.

I am asking you for a commitment to hold a hearing on the oversight of the Department of Homeland Security and invite Secretary Johnson to testify before the end of the first session of this Congress.

The Honorable Bennie G. Thompson, a Representative in Congress From the State of Mississippi, and Ranking Member, Committee on Homeland Security:

We know that terrorists span all races, in all ethnicities, and have a profiling mechanism as a means of security is skeptical.

I still have concerns about some of TSA's other screening programs the Inspector General has found ineffective.

I remain concerned that TSA will continue to purchase more technologies that address the threats of yesterday instead of the threats of tomorrow.

I think that is important. We put it in the legislation, and I hope that authority gets us where we need to be.

To what extent did this surprise action by Russia in Syria represent an intelligence failure?

A 2014 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found that actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Federal agencies to address cybersecurity in the maritime port environment have been limited.