Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “we absolutely need accountability. There are people's lives at stake here. We are not here to be partisan. I remember a…”

“we absolutely need accountability. There are people's lives at stake here. We are not here to be partisan. I remember a few weeks ago when Katrina hit and after Katrina hit, and you and I and the gentleman from Ohio had been on this floor day after day, week after week, and talking about what the government's response needed to be and should have been and what our process should have done, which is establish an independent Katrina commission so that we could get some of these things resolved. Because it is very nice that the President is going to come down and land his helicopter or fly Air Force One or whatever he is going to do because the airports have not been open so, hopefully, he is going to have a place to land. That is very nice. I remember the movie ``The Candidate,'' and Robert Redford's character is running against another guy for the U.S. Senate, and there is a big fire, and his opponent flies the helicopter down into the disaster area to survey the damage. And you know, the whole thing is a fiery mess and the guy flies in, surveys the damage, and flies out, looks important and impressive, and that is great. But what help did he provide to the people who were there? Did he grab a hose and start spraying?…”