"I am urging this Committee to understand that in a major catastrophic disaster, the current amounts on the books are wholly inadequate to maintain basic operations."
"I just want to bring this to the attention of this Committee, that moving communities is an option if the communities are small enough to move..."
"Will you use your authority to approve some construction for fire stations and police stations?"
"I support the Administration's initiative to clamp down on smuggling-related crime and violence at the U.S.-Mexican border."
"There unfortunately seems to be a need for better coordination of the Federal Government activities in the border region."
"I want to urge you... to make sure that the competition between the agencies of the Federal Government that we noted there be brought to a rapid halt."
"I think it is very important for small business to have a seat at the table when these major negotiations are going on."
"So I think that our laws, particularly as from our perspective, from Louisiana's perspective, need to really be sensitive to the many challenges that families are dealing with to stay intact and to ke..."
"I want our manufacturing sector in the whole Nation to be strengthened."
"I am often asked to extend H-2B visas to people coming in with special skills, and I am happy to accommodate the industry of a State that continues to cry for skilled workers."
"Both Senator Snowe and I believe it should be elevated to a Cabinet level position."