To be clear, after almost 50 years, we just recently conducted the first nationwide test.
We saw just last week how important an effective alert system is to saving lives.
While a nationwide test is significant, the test only included EAS and the components of the legacy system consisting of TV and radio.
People that went to the ballot box and voted for the $9.95 billion bond are now opposed to it, and want that pulled back.
The shovel-ready projects that we talk about, I would love for the shovel to actually be in the ground creating these jobs. But at what cost...
There is a real failure to plan.
We need to look at how they are doing things not only smarter, but less expensive.
What is the public benefit, and does that outweigh the cost to taxpayers?
But the question is, are they good investment or bad investment? And that is where I have been trying to get the proof on.
The American public wants to know at what cost. Is it $98.5 billion? And if that is really the cost, where does that money come from?
I think not only as a member of this committee I should have that number, but my taxpayers in the district that have committed $9.95 billion...