"To help us answer these questions, we have before us an experienced, battle-hardened State emergency manager..."
"Thank you. Let me return to the questions that a number of our Members have raised about the management capacities of the Coast Guard and also the use of contractors in that regard."
"I would appreciate that for the record, but let me understand exactly what you are saying, that the ground rules for the current supplemental proposal, to some extent, have been altered so as to more ..."
"Opening Statement of Chairman David Price"
"We hear that it is going to involve not just more Border Patrol agents, but also canine teams, NII systems, license plate readers."
"the risk statistically might be low, as you describe it, the potential consequences are extremely catastrophic."
"There is no question it is a serious issue."
"My understanding has been that, generally, the supplementals have not covered entirely Coast Guard costs;"
"You can definitively state that?"
"We will certainly work with the gentlewoman in formulating our budget certainly for next year."
"I have a particular interest in that budget as the representative of the Research Triangle Park in North Carolina."