"We can do this a lot smarter. And I think we can save tens of billions of dollars every year by doing that."
"Okay. And does it sound like they are taking those steps?"
"Does the proximity of the Little Rock Air Force Base help?"
"Right. We have been reminded with Haiti and Chile about how devastating an earthquake would be."
"I really want to thank you all for being here. I am just glad that somebody is paying attention to all of this, and I am hoping that your work and the work of many others around the country will lead ..."
"the management of the grants process is a serious challenge, and to some extent it is the worst of all worlds from our Federal system of government."
"Just one thing I would worry about are the bridges over the Mississippi River depending on how bad this thing is."
"We spend billions in disaster recovery and we probably do not spend as much as we should on preparedness."
"Well, we could go on and on about this. I have several pages of questions and probably what I will do is submit a few to you all in writing along with some of the other senators who could not be here ..."
"the administration believes that the Public Telecommunications Facilities Program, the PTFP, at NTIA is no longer needed now that the digital transition is complete."
"Is part of that the contractor issue, where they contract some of this out?"