Bill Delahunt: “They are excellent points. I think your idea about taking your one ticket and allowing a victim of Katrina and the…”

“They are excellent points. I think your idea about taking your one ticket and allowing a victim of Katrina and the natural disasters that befell our gulf States, invite them to come and sit in this gallery is an excellent concept. We as a group ought to consider asking our colleagues on both sides of the aisle to allow these seats to be filled by American citizens who have had their lives disrupted and their futures placed in doubt and listen to this President tell them that things are good in America and that their government is helping them. Maybe that might prompt some action, Mr. Speaker. Because just recently, 2 nights ago, there was on one of the networks a story about Americans living in cars waiting to go into trailers. How long do we expect our fellow citizens to endure that kind of an existence? We can feel sorry for those all over the globe that experience poverty, that experience tragedy in their lives, but our first obligation is to our own citizens. When we speak of nation-building, Mr. Speaker, let's start building America again. That is where we should begin. In terms of your points regarding our lack of preparedness for a terrorist attack, let's be very candid. Those levees that were breached in Louisiana, they were breached because of natural forces, forces of nature. They very well could have been breached by a terrorist attack. And what did we see? We saw a lack of preparation, Mr.…”