"Private sector, in many instances, could be more efficient than Government can."
"Everyone wants us to reduce disaster spending. Everyone does. The solution here... is making the principal proactive investments in making our communities more resilient."
"We need to be using the best information we can in regard to informing decisions."
"I am very concerned that what we are going to see is we are going to see private insurers that come in that start cherry-picking the policies that have the lowest risk."
"The reality is we're still not at that finish line."
"we have pretty strong frustrations in regard to the efficiency of the Corps of Engineers in regard to project delivery."
"I think some of the frustrations--incredible frustrations that we have are being verified in the budget process."
"Does that concern you at all, though, that the State is facing a payback agreement of nearly double what it was before?"
"You're compounding the problem by leaving these people vulnerable with the belief that they have some authorized project."
"the importance of keeping the Super Hornet and the Growler lines operational, which is something that worries me"
"Look, after I am finished moving to a unicameral system of government, I am going to go to bad attorneys, so we will take care of all this."