Barbara Mikulski: “We are very happy about the fact that this subcommittee that has so many wonderful agencies in it also funds emergency…”

“We are very happy about the fact that this subcommittee that has so many wonderful agencies in it also funds emergency management. And right now, Senator Bond and I, in trying to decide how FEMA will meet its obligations, are also on those diets of finger nails, or any other one that might work, I might add. Madam President, I think the amendment offered by the Senator from North Carolina indeed has merit. The whole idea of getting drugs out of public housing has been something that we have supported for many years. When I chaired this subcommittee I had the good fortune of working with the Vice Presidential nominee, Mr. Jack Kemp, who was the Secretary of HUD, and now Mr. Cisneros, on a focused approach to get drugs out of public housing. It was always our belief that public housing should be a steppingstone to a better life and not to be an incubator for drug dealers.”