Rubén Gallego actually said...

"In my years in politics, if we had ever done something of this nature, where we skip over the local elected officials... we would call that somewhat of a sham."

"To begin with, I have a question for Mr. Pollock. Mr. Pollock, you are the Chairman of the Garfield County Commission. Is that correct?"

"I am accusing the Federal Government, FEMA, and our DoD for not responding quickly enough to the needs of the local municipalities."

"The idea that it took that long for some of our FEMA coordinators to be able to coordinate with our municipalities is absolutely ridiculous."