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Tim Ryan: This is cronyism at its best, because this fellow is not the least bit qualified to be in charge of FEMA. The top 8 or…

On the recordNovember 3, 2005
This is cronyism at its best, because this fellow is not the least bit qualified to be in charge of FEMA. The top 8 or 10 people of FEMA were all political appointments of people who were not qualified. We want an independent commission to oversee this whole process. Why? Because this could have been a terrorist attack, and we have got someone in charge of responding to the terrorist attack who is talking about rolling up his shirt sleeves so he looks good on CNN.
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Tim Ryan
Democratic · Ohio

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