Russ Feingold actually said...

We have to be prepared to anticipate the crises before they happen and not constantly being in a reactive mode.

I hope you'll work with me in getting this commission in place, because the sooner we do it, the better we'll be able to get ahead of these ...

I couldn't agree with you more. This is absolutely an essential understanding of what the threats are.

I agree with that. He did do a superb job, and I could have sworn he almost was believing what he was saying.