It is critical that we stand by our good ally, Israel, at this challenging time.

I would like to further have us look into whether this is an interpretation of law or whether we need a clarification in the law.

Absolutely. We are going to do a second round of questions.

When we tell people to evacuate, we say take your pets with you.

I look forward to hearing from Mr. Currie about GAO's reviews and his suggestions for ways to further improve our Federal response posture.

August 29 marked the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the response to which was a failure at all levels of government.

I also want to commend you for FEMA's recent work responding to the devastating floods in the Carolinas.

Administrator Fugate, I look forward to hearing how you are working to continue to improve FEMA so it is a nimble organization.

I strongly support us developing this capability for national security and our warfighter.

I am skeptical about it, quite frankly, with all the things we have seen the Air Force trying to do to go against the will of this Congress.

I am one of those pilots that would be at the quote, unquote, 'edge of the envelope'.