It was a 'pay first, ask questions later' approach, ... The inspector general's report identifies a number of significant control weaknesses that create a potential for widespread fraud, erroneous payments and wasteful practices. |
It's difficult to understand the lack of preparedness and the ineffective response to something that had been anticipated for years. |
It's frustrating that it's taken two (inspector general) audits, a GAO investigation and the threat of a congressional oversight hearing to get an agency to comply with its obligations to the taxpayers, |
It's frustrating that it's taken two (inspector general) audits, a GAO investigation and the threat of a congressional oversight hearing to get an agency to comply with its obligations to the taxpayers, ... In the environment we're in right now with tight federal budgets and the demands of responding to Hurricane Katrina, it is particularly disturbing to learn that a federal agency is not being a more careful steward of the taxpayers' dollars. There's also a waste of fuel here, too. |
It's going to take billions of dollars, but I want to make sure that money is not wasted. |
It's very troubling to this committee that the forensic teams looking into failure of the levees have not received complete and total cooperation from the Army Corps, |
It's very troubling to this committee that the forensic teams looking into failure of the levees have not received complete and total cooperation from the Army Corps. |
Just because his nomination might not meet the threshold of extraordinary circumstances doesn't guarantee that I will vote to confirm him. We will have to examine his record and wait and see. |
Katrina was a disaster that scientists, emergency management officials and political leaders had anticipated for years, yet the initial response was woefully inadequate, |
Like the canary in the coal mine, the climate changes already evident in the Arctic are a call to action. |
Maine’s waterways are threatened by emissions from power plants located in other states, yet the EPA’s rule does little to address this serious problem, ... That is why I will continue pursuing legislative remedies to correct this flawed rule. |
Many communities throughout the nation still do not have the communications infrastructure in place for first responders to communicate with one another during an emergency. |
More than any other person we've interviewed, he can give us an account of what really happened and who really knew about it and . . . why there wasn't more of a response, |
Mr. [Vernon] Weaver didn't call directly very often; he would ask you to call for him. Is that correct? |
My committee is going to ask the hard questions of government at all levels. Our purpose is not to fix blame, but to fix problems, |