12/14/2009
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"I know we are very focused, as we should be, on the disasters that are occurring as we speak, but the lessons learned and the applications of what we forced or tried to do after Hurricane Katrina and ..."
"I have been resistant to budget any more out of Homeland Security because if I do that, it takes away grants from your states that help you to protect yourself against future disasters."
"I am looking forward to cosponsoring a bill this week with Senator Snowe requiring the President's budget to include at a minimum a request for disaster funding based on the 10-year average on spendin..."
"The other problem with budgeting, Senator Brown, if I might say, in advance is sometimes events happen that no matter how well you planned just absolutely blow the roof off of any estimates and that i..."