07/27/2010
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"the issues of solvency and affordability are two equally important goals, and that is what our new law attempts to secure."
"There has been story after story about the impacts one agency of this Department is having in particular: the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)."
"I noted in the President's budget the $400 million in Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants was included not as a part of the base budget because of restrictions, but as part of the aspirational budget."
"I think it is very important for our budget to maintain a commitment, along with education and defense, on meeting the challenge today."