Bill Delahunt: “But you asked, Mr. Ryan and Mr. Meek, about the reaction of the White House to issues that ought to be part of our…”

“But you asked, Mr. Ryan and Mr. Meek, about the reaction of the White House to issues that ought to be part of our public discourse. And the response is ``trust me.'' How can we trust the executive branch when we have a former director that stands up now and says, Mr. President, on at least a couple of occasions and on numerous occasions to your staff, I raised the flag and told you that FEMA was being marginalized and was not going to be able to respond and, in fact, was on a path to failure. I told you so, Mr. President. Where was the executive branch? Where was this Republican majority in terms of exercising its responsibility to oversee and to hold accountable executive agency performance? It was not there because this Republican majority, in its management of this Congress, has done nothing more than simply to rubber-stamp the administration's proposals.”