Every aspect of discretionary--the discretionary budget must be scrutinized. No agency can be off limits.
We cannot continue to spend what we don't have, and we must closely scrutinize every Federal agency.
And were not those $2,000 debit cards just an invitation to improper spending?
I think it is worth the money of going after it because of the message it sends that it is not going to be tolerated.
I want to say, here and now, that we are not going to give out $2,000 debit cards.
I do want to point out some bright spots in the September 2010 DHS Inspector General's report.
I want to ask you a series of questions about that, but since my time on this round is almost expired, I will wait for t...
Our thoughts are with the Japanese people and with the rescuers and responders, including units from our own country.
I hope that FEMA will have made significant progress in improving our Nation's preparedness for the next catastrophe.
It is troubling to me that you can go back decades, apparently, and there still is a lack of attention to this problem.
But as Senator Collins points out, we also have to declare, when are we stable and when do we need to engage the safetie...