Kendrick Meek: “Well, do not ask me. I mean, look at what the 9/ 11 bipartisan commission said. I was watching Tim Russert, one of the…”

“Well, do not ask me. I mean, look at what the 9/ 11 bipartisan commission said. I was watching Tim Russert, one of the respected reporters here in Washington, DC, at NBC. And he had the chairman, who is a Republican, past Republican governor, and the vice chairman that was a Member of this House, respected Democrat, on both sides of the aisle they respect him. And they both said that the administration, present administration, Mr. Speaker, and the Republican majority, gets a big fat F. They did not want to grade. Well, let me just put it this way. They did not want to grade it, but they said that it is low. Okay. And I think it is important that we understand that interoperability that was a big issue that first responders asked for, they could have saved not only first responder lives, but American lives if they could have talked to one another, because they could not, because they did not have the ability. Okay. You would assume that we would run out and get that done. No. We did not get it done. The Republican majority did not get it done. It was not prioritized. Yes, the money went there, but guess what? There is a bunch of politics that is going on as it relates to the money and the execution of making sure that U.S. cities have what they need. Now, Americans again, another example, looked at what happened in Katrina. The Coast Guard could not talk to the police officers. The police officer could not talk to the military.…”