Marty Walsh: “I restate that there is support. The concept is a good one. What we would like to do is give the new Director of FEMA…”

“I restate that there is support. The concept is a good one. What we would like to do is give the new Director of FEMA the opportunity to develop a program that can go through the authorizing committee and garner the full support of the membership, be well-thought out and, as we said earlier, more robust. There is merit to this concept, but do not make us make this choice between fire fighters or mapping or salaries and expenses for FEMA, which is already very, very tight. Mr. Chairman, I would reluctantly urge all members to oppose the amendment.”