Brian Mast actually said...

"So what I am basically hearing is that, if the Federal Government had overseen a failing dike, they would have come to our aid; they would have come to our assistance. But when the Federal Government ..."

"To pause you. Are you saying that it was basically pure dumb luck or a lack of intelligence on their part that didn't get them to this point?"

"we constantly point to Iran using the phrase 'the largest state sponsor of terror,' and ask ourselves, what does that really mean?"

"But they are not cleaned up by the Federal Government, and that is one of the worst things that I can say about them."