Jeff Denham

I support passage of this legislation and urge all of my colleagues to do the same. With that, I yield back the balance of my time.

This bill in no way authorizes FEMA or anyone else to impose any obligations on any participant in the communications industry. Only the FCC can require a participant in the communications industry to take any action with respect to…

Let me first start by saying I am proud that we have got another bipartisan bill here that addresses many different areas from FEMA to IPAWS. Getting the tribal language in here, I think, is not only a good bipartisan effort, but one that…

But if you are going to champion the fact that our businesses are shutting down and that people are not able to afford gas to put in their car, that that is somehow some kind of great record, it is not the kind of record I want to have in…

Should GSA build a new courthouse?

I believe part of your responsibility as stewards of the taxpayer dollars is to push back and push back hard

That seems to me to be a violation of the law, and the judiciary is going along with this, as GSA is, and they are blatantly ignoring the will of Congress.

I would prefer to see, if new construction was going to move forward, that you would actually move out of the million-plus lease square footage that we have around here.

I find it hard to justify the new building being constructed at all.

It is just outrageous, especially in the times we face today, that the judiciary, along with the GSA, has not put these kinds of practices in place to save the taxpayers money.

I think you can sense the frustration. I mean, certainly I am frustrated that Mr. Tangherlini is not here himself.

I can appreciate the GSA is finally taking the position that they want to dispose of the property. But when it is just a made-up proposal--I mean, these are just some basic numbers.

As a representative from California, my constituents and I know very well how important it is to plan and prepare for disasters.

It is also essential in any water system that the State might comprehend in the future, whether it is a dual tunnel or a continuing pumping through the Delta, that the levees must be maintained.

You being in retirement, it gives you the freedom to be able to call it like you see it.

It would make sense to spend money on prevention rather than in dealing with the emergency, another lesson from New Orleans.

It is essential that in going forward, that the Federal Government and the State government address the Delta levee maintenance issue.

I especially appreciate you being here, coming out of retirement to be back with us.

To me, that is not aggressively disposing of a property.

To me, that is offensive as a committee chairman that an agency is not only going to ignore Congress and ignore this committee, but ignore the Commander in Chief.

The question that should really be asked is couldn't we do without GSA altogether?

I take great offense when somebody sits here in front of this committee and says things are going great, because they are not.

Should we cut off their money altogether?

This is a perfect example of how things should not be done.

If GSA is not going to reform, we will reform it through the appropriations process.