John Mica

No community or State should endure what has occurred in the Federal response to the natural disaster in the Baton Rouge area.

That's not an acceptable response from FEMA.

FEMA should have learned from the mistakes of Katrina.

We need to have templates for each type of disaster.

We've got to do a better job.

The Federal Government didn't hear it.

Even before that attack took place in Orlando, the worst terrorist massacre since 9/11, they were there.

Our Nation is under attack, our communities under attack.

We've got something wrong that needs to be corrected.

Unfortunately, many of them are sitting in the Senate, but we have not neglected trying to change laws.

We've got to change the paradigm, the San Bernardinos, the Orlandos, the Chattanoogas, the Bostons. They aren't done with us.

We aren't getting it right. We are not getting it right.

We are missing the mark. Now, maybe we should give the Secretary back to more discretion.

It's not how much you spend, it's how you spend it, and then getting money out.

If the terrorism threat to America was reduced to going away, I would be the first one to support a reduction in funding both for UASI and the Department of Homeland Security, but we all know this threat is not going anywhere.

Maybe the Secretary does need more discretion, and Congress can give him that

We ask that more weight be given in the formula to the 66 million visitors

But Orlando, Central Florida, the biggest terrorist attack in the history of the country since 9/11, got zero the last 2 years.

We need to be funding local law enforcement. They are the first responders.

We can't afford not to get it right here. We've got to get it right.

We've got to stay ahead of them with every resource possible.

We're going to ask for a review of the assessment process.

I think we have to incentivize the private sector and partner with it.

We could--we could have, my hope was, about this time be cutting a ribbon somewhere.

It was sort of a bait-and-switch project because the train that they were looking at was only--it was 84 miles.