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.

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

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.

I guess you could say we are making progress.

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

It is a subordinate role.

But, moreover, we must transform the energy sector and ensure lower-cost, more reliable power.

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.

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

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

Puerto Rico does not want to return to D.C. with hat in hand in the future.

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

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

There is a governance issue. There is no doubt about it.

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

Why does the Federal Government need this much information, and how is it potentially used?

If you could get that word out to the rest of the members of the Administration, we have a real worker shortage in this country, certainly in Wisconsin, probably North Dakota and elsewhere as well.

What has changed so dramatically from 1970 that the costs have increased so dramatically?

I have heard word that the Census is going to potentially use statistics rather than count and use a more sophisticated campaign.

There is not one manufacturing company that I visited in 7 years traveling around the State of Wisconsin that could hire enough people.

Neither one of you said this: there should be no operational restrictions.

Article I gave the Congress the right to declare war. Article II gave the Commander-in-Chief the right to conduct the military affairs.

It is a totally different enemy than we faced in the past, but this has been a 16-year struggle.

The authority has been properly used by the Congress in the 2001 AUMF.