Joe Courtney: “Again, that really doesn't add up to a very good business case in terms of, you know, the very tough decisions that we…”

You’d basically have to tear the plane down to the studs and rebuild it to meet all the survivability, security and communications requirements of Air Force One.

This is just going to be one of those milestones that our children and grandchildren are going to experience. It’s a big deal.

There is no question that the days of blank check military assistance to Netanyahu’s government are long past.

I encourage all small business owners in the counties covered by this disaster declaration to take advantage of the available assistance from the Small Business Administration.