Ron Johnson

I just think that is a key feature.

And again, I was not really, at this point, talking about U.S. involvement.

Again, I am just trying to get some sort of sense.

Do you have any idea of how much it would take to really completely diversify it?

But, again, child pornography is.

Because the fact of the matter is, if we make it more difficult to obtain this, we make it illegal to download it...

I would say that is the pretty consistent complaint I have from State and local is send a lot of information up, do not get nearly as much back down.

The President of the United States is going to make this decision, and he is going to make it quite quickly, if he has to.

So when the President would determine that we are under the threat of almost an imminent attack, he has almost absolute authority, correct?

So the point is there is a lot of human intervention between a presidential order when there is time, it is not imminent, to really ask the questions, to lay out the fact that we have not gone through this process, this is not well thought…

From my standpoint the humane thing is to stop the flow of children coming in, stop incentivizing them to take that very dangerous journey on a train they call 'The Beast' and subject themselves to all types of horrors.

I think we really do need to address the incentives created in our laws, in our precedents.

I would love to work with you and other Members...

And the threat of Islamist terrorism has evolved, metastasized, and spread all over the world--including to our homeland.

Our enemies are on the rise. Russia continues to destabilize its neighbors and has partnered with Iran to increase both countries' influence in the Middle East.

North Korea remains determined to develop the capability to target the United States with nuclear weapons.

The Iranian Nuclear Agreement did modify Iran's behavior--for the worse.

America is facing enormous challenges. Our national debt exceeds $20 trillion, and there is no serious effort being made--by either party--to significantly reduce the 30-year projected deficits that are currently expected to exceed $100…

I will not say the word 'abdication,' but certainly local and State authorities are happy to have the Federal Government spend their money.

I think your name describes what your function is: Federal Emergency Management Agency. It is not Federal recovery.

I do not want to see FEMA be the primary responder here. I believe their role is to support State and local governments.

The Federal Oversight Board unanimously has asked for a chief transformation officer to take over the administration of the power authority in order to reestablish power as quickly as possible.

It puts a great deal of stress on Federal disaster resources.

In order to do that, we have to de-politicize the authority, open it up to competition in order to attract private capital.

We are spending a lot of money, and it needs to be controlled.