Joe Manchin actually said...

The only thing I can say--you know, the DOD and FEMA establish a permanent cross-functional team is something that you would recommend?

I'm hopeful that, once the committee is successful in section 941, this will spread and move up to the national security level, where it is ...

we just can't get our act together to where we have a clear direction of who's in charge

We are going to do it, and we are still trying to get a handle on it.