Cedric Richmond actually said...

"I represent New Orleans, Louisiana, which in the aftermath of Katrina the Government response was very, very poor in terms of getting resources there quickly unified command and all of those things."

"In terms of risk assessment or probability of where a device or products or ingredients would come from, where does ports or seawater, where does that rank in terms of the likelihood of being used to ..."

"What we heard from our city and our leaders in New Orleans was that we were just cut from I believe it was the UASI grant program to help us in security."

"people without the ability to arrest don't get the same respect as police officers"