"Less than 2 percent of dangerous goods transported is by air, and most of these batteries aren't going on aircraft as it is already."
"I think reducing duplication and extra work on things like this makes a lot of sense."
"U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has the important mission of keeping terrorists and weapons out of the United States, while also facilitating trade and travel."
"I know that this is not always convenient, and you put a lot of time, energy into these opening statements and preparing for these questions."
"I strongly feel, while more work remains to be done, FEMA has made significant progress over the last 2 years."
"Now, of course, FEMA still has work to do."
"I look forward to hearing from our witnesses on how we can continue to improve communications and coordination between FEMA regions and state and local emergency response organizations."
"It is also changing culture in the organization."
"I would like to ask Mr. Skinner, you know, first, I want to amen everything you said about letting the dust settle and roots grow into the ground with FEMA."
"So you have a Federal Emergency Management Agency, but you don't really want to spend the money to make it what it needs to be?"
"Let us get out of their way and not say, 'The only way you get funding is if you use our contractor who may be coming from Texas or somewhere.'"
"I am very opposed to that. This has become a well-organized Department."