I would challenge the Federal Government to try to figure out, where are they?
Getting your workforce back to work after a disaster is one of our primary goals.
I agree with that, and I think your analysis that it has been a FEMA-centric approach and it needs to change to where FEMA is the lead of th...
I would suggest, respectfully suggest to you, look at this program that seemed to work amazingly well.
I just think that has really been overlooked.
I do believe that FEMA is a partner, but I would say that FEMA is the leader.
Local response plans must be provided for evacuation, sheltering, and continued care of children from facilities where they are likely to be...
the needs of children are of primary interest to me, and particularly the mental and emotional needs of the community at large as we seek to...
I would like to call attention, before I get into the questions, to two charts that I think are very telling.
The well-being of the affected States is highly material to the well-being, the economy, and indeed the security of the United States.
I'm going to pass for now, Mr. Chairman.
I'm here for a pretty obvious reason, too, just like you are, a natural interest in these phenomenons, representing Louisiana.
What area do you expect to see the most improvement, and the soonest?
I want to be very supportive of the reform efforts underway and to congratulate you all for what you have done thus far.
It is tragic that children attending public schools in our Nation's capital receive sub-par educations.
It is critical that we review and assess how education reform has impacted student achievement in our Nation's capital.
Everybody is kind of in this poker game if you will, everybody is betting more than they can afford right now. We'll see how it works out.
Everybody is kind of -- in this poker game, if you will, everybody is, you know, betting more than they can afford right now. And we will se...
