Kathleen Rice: “How can we create or encourage a more holistic approach to disaster relief that improves intergovernmental coordination?”

Let me just interrupt you for 1 second.

I am very proud of the workforce development efforts already underway at Stony Brook University and Farmingdale State College in my home State of New York.

I remember, in the days and weeks and months after 9/11, you know, which basically shut down the aviation industry for some time.

It's clear we need a federal baseline that re-levels the playing field--and we need one soon.