Ken Calvert actually said...

Sometimes, as the gentleman from Texas indicated, we get involved in the earmark process because it is, quite frankly, faster to give money ...

It seems to me that we are reacting slowly to the problem.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is your third Californian in a row, so we have it all--earthquakes, wildfires, floods, droughts, pestilence.

I want to bring up a couple of fires in the past and some of the difficulties we have had in California.