Kendrick Meek: “I can tell the gentleman what took so long. What took so long is that we have an administration and we have a Congress…”

“I can tell the gentleman what took so long. What took so long is that we have an administration and we have a Congress that did not give the proper oversight. The Department of Homeland Security asked the questions when they should have been asked. The American people were told, trust us, trust us, trust us. When you talk about the Republican majority and really Homeland Security, FEMA, the White House, and oversight committees were not prepared to do what it was supposed to do and we failed the American people. Now, let me just say this. The American people have been asked to trust the words of this majority time after time again. Trust us on the fiscal outlook for the country. Trust us on taking down the deficit. Trust us on making sure what they tell you is actually the reality. Trust us on your health care costs and your coverage. Trust us, trust us, trust us. And almost in the same month the American people, it is revealed to the American people that it was not about them the whole time. It was about special interests having their opportunities and privacy through the executive branches in this Congress. Now if I can just take a minute just to bring in third-party validators. You talked about what you read in your hometown paper. I just want to put this picture right here. This is Secretary John Snow from the Department of Treasury. I want to put his picture there so folks know that this is not the Meek or the Delahunt report.…”