"Whatever we decide it is, at least it gives us a goal that we all know we are working toward."
"How viable a community can you remain without a fire station, without a police station, without a library?"
"Now, I am going to ask my staff for the next hearing to design a chart along the Coast from Texas to New York, and indicate how many nursing home patients live within 30 miles of the coast, and I am g..."
"So it would be helpful to have these Federal assets available to conduct this evacuation."
"the Nation's economy depends--and in some measure you could say the world's economy depends on the continued operations of these major ports."
"we are in desperate need of the Congress' help to ensure both a reliable response to disaster and to everyday needs."
"the essential ingredients of recovery for parents with children is to get their children back in school as soon as possible"
"this whole idea about getting to defining the objective rather than defining the process."
"I agree 100 percent with what you said, but I also would stress that it is important for the Federal Government to be able to function, and to function efficiently and well."
"There are gaps along our Gulf Coast, all the way up to Delaware, Long Island, New York; rural Georgia; North Carolina; and the Panhandle of Florida."
"The documented difference in the response in that very urbanized region of our country was vivid."