Governments at all levels failed. |
He assured me that he had tremendous respect for precedent and his approach is to not overturn cases due to a disagreement with how they were originally decided, |
He told me that he gives great weight to precedence, and that overturning precedence is - these are his words - 'a jolt to the judicial system,' |
He was unambiguous in his message to us, |
His urgent reports did not appear to prompt an urgent response, |
How is it possible that, almost four years to the day after the attacks on our country, with billions of dollars spent to improve our preparedness, that a major area of our nation was so ill-prepared to respond to a catastrophe? |
I am not attempting to convict the president but not remove him. I am not attempting to find him guilty in the legal sense of criminal wrongdoing, |
I am willing to travel the road wherever it leads, whether it's to the conviction or the acquittal of the president. But in order to do that, I need more evidence, ... I need witnesses and further evidence to guide me to the right destination: to get to the truth. |
I applaud schoolteachers, librarians, and most of all, our parents, for their commitment to teaching America's children the joys of reading. |
I asked him whether it made a difference to him if he disagreed with the initial decision but it had been reaffirmed several times since then, ... I was obviously referring to Roe in that question. He assured me that he has tremendous respect for precedent and that his approach is to not overturn cases due to a disagreement with how they were originally decided. |
I certainly respect his viewpoint, but I did not find the arguments put forward at the meeting to be persuasive. |
I don't underestimate the uphill battle that we face, but my hope is that a strong vote in the Senate will give us momentum in the House. The fact is that this money is from next year rather than new spending will also help. |
I have been fighting formula fights all year. We can't make the mistake that only large urban areas are at risk. |
I have great confidence in Judge Roberts legal scholarship, his integrity, and his commitment to the rule of law. His decisions will be guided not by his own personal view of what the law should be, but rather by a disciplined review and analysis of what the law is. The overwhelming bipartisan support that Judge Roberts received today speaks volumes about his qualifications. He is the right person for the job. |
I have long believed that it would have been far more effective at this stage for FEMA to have given vouchers for housing and to assist people in finding private-sector housing. I think it still is a possibility. |