Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let me pick up on that point in terms of fraud rate with Mr. Serino.
maybe FEMA is being asked to deal with too many situations that do not really constitute an emergency or a disaster.
OK.
So it is obviously after the fact. It is more of an auditing process and really more statistics-based. Am I correct?
As a small government proponent, I am always looking at where the government is more effective.
the number of layers I think can actually make things less effective.
Can you typify? I mean improper is a term. Can you typify what, put some meat on that bone?
the reality is different because if you are really going to rely on local districts or local governments we would not be...
we have doubled the number of employees of FEMA. I mean have we really gotten the bang for the buck there, or has that a...
That would be a good idea. I mean if that worked well.
So how many do you expect out of the 160,000 will receive notices?
OK. You said that you have--there are 30,000 notices trying to recover. Is it 30,000 out of 160,000?
The whole business of the sentencing guidelines and mandatory minimum of sentences has been extremely frustrating to Mem...
This is a clear abuse of discretion.
It is Congress' job to create immigration policy and it is the President's job to enforce it.
this Administration has basically stated that, henceforth, deportation efforts would be focused solely on aliens with no...
the President has, in effect, suspended operation of those laws with regard to a very large identifiable class of offend...
It is our job to look at how these laws operate and make changes as we see necessary.
