CSPAN2 — Homeland Security Secretary Holds FEMA Roundtable
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[00:00:01] GOVERNMENT, POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY FROM WASHINGTON AND
[00:00:04] ACROSS THE COUNTRY. COMING UP TUESDAY MORNING, WE'LL TALK WITH
[00:00:07] POLITICO REPORTER CHRIS MARQUETTE ABOUT EXPECTED
[00:00:10] TESTIMONY FROM FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL, APPEARING BEFORE THE
[00:00:13] SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, THEN
[00:00:14] THE LATEST ON THE IRAN WAR. THE
[00:00:17] DEBATE OVER AI REGULATION AND DATA CENTERS, AND CONGRESSIONAL
[00:00:20] NEWS OF THE WEEK WITH TEXAS DEMOCRATIC REPRESENTATIVE AL
[00:00:23] GREEN AND THE CHAIR OF HUMANS. FIRST, AMY CRAMER, TALKS ABOUT
[00:00:27] HER NEW ORGANIZATION'S EFFORTS TO GIVE AMERICANS A SAY IN THE
[00:00:30] DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF AI.
[00:00:32] C-SPAN'S WASHINGTON JOURNAL. JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION. LIVE
[00:00:36] AT SEVEN EASTERN TUESDAY MORNING
[00:00:37] ON C-SPAN C-SPAN. NOW, OUR FREE
[00:00:41] MOBILE APP OR ONLINE AT
[00:00:47] C-SPAN.ORG. >> [MUSIC] >> TUESDAY LIVE AT 9 A.M.
[00:00:49] EASTERN ON C-SPAN 3. THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE HEARS FROM
[00:00:53] FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL DURING A HEARING ON OVERSIGHT OF THE
[00:00:56] FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. WATCH IT LIVE. TUESDAY MORNING
[00:00:59] AT 9:00 EASTERN ON C-SPAN 3 C-SPAN NOW, OUR FREE MOBILE
[00:01:02] VIDEO APP OR ONLINE AT C-SPAN
[00:01:07] .ORG. >> NEXT, HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY MARKWAYNE MULLIN,
[00:01:10] HOLDING A ROUNDTABLE WITH
[00:01:12] REPUBLICAN NEBRASKA SENATOR PETE RICKETTS AND FEMA OFFICIALS
[00:01:16] DISCUSSING RECENT DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS IN NEBRASKA. HE
[00:01:18] WAS JOINED BY RECENTLY CONFIRMED FEMA ADMINISTRATOR CAMERON
[00:01:22] HAMILTON, WHO WAS BRIEFLY FIRED
[00:01:24] BY PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE BEING
[00:01:26] RENOMINATED FOR THE POSITION.
[00:01:33] >> CAN YOU CAN YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? SO I KNOW WHO I'M
[00:01:36] TALKING TO OKAY.
[00:01:39] >> UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
[00:01:42] CYBERSECURITY AND THE ONGOING
[00:01:46] POSSIBLE ATTACKS AND ATTACKS
[00:01:49] AGAINST WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN
[00:01:50] MINNESOTA WHAT IS HOMELAND
[00:01:53] SECURITY DOING TO PREVENT THOSE KINDS
[00:01:57] >> WELL, WE'RE ALWAYS OUR CYBER INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALWAYS AN
[00:02:01] ATTACK. AND BECAUSE OF CISA, IT FALLS WITHIN DEPARTMENT OF
[00:02:04] HOMELAND SECURITY. WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING FROM THE SEA TO
[00:02:08] THE FIBER TO TO CYBER, UH, TO
[00:02:11] AIR AND TO LAND. AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY DEALING WITH ALL
[00:02:13] THESE THREATS. I THINK IRAN
[00:02:16] SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS A REALLY BIG, AMBITIOUS GAME AND FOLLOWS THROUGH WITH VERY LITTLE. THEY
[00:02:20] SEEM TO TAKE A LOT OF CREDIT FOR A LOT OF THINGS THEY DIDN'T DO. NOW, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY
[00:02:23] DON'T HAVE BAD ACTORS THAT ARE ALWAYS OUT THERE, BUT YOU HAVE.
[00:02:27] CHINA IS PROBABLY THE WORST WHEN IT COMES TO CYBER. UM, NORTH
[00:02:31] KOREA IS PROBABLY THE SECOND WORST. RUSSIA DOESN'T DO IT DIRECTLY, BUT THEY HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PROXIES
[00:02:34] THAT THEY ALLOW TO HAVE SAFE HAVEN IN THEIR BANKING SYSTEMS
[00:02:37] AND INSIDE THEIR COUNTRY. AND
[00:02:42] IRAN IS IS GREATLY WEAKENED. UH,
[00:02:43] THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE NEAR
[00:02:47] THE ABILITY THAT THEY, THAT THEY
[00:02:50] CLAIM TO HAVE OR USED TO HAVE BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP
[00:02:52] TRYING TO ELIMINATE THAT THREAT. UM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN, THEY'VE
[00:02:56] BEEN THREATENING THE UNITED
[00:02:57] STATES FOR 49 YEARS, BUT WE, WE
[00:03:01] PREVENT THOUSANDS OF ATTACKS DAILY. BUT EVERY TIME WE PREVENT
[00:03:05] AN ATTACK, THAT JUST MEANS THAT THEY DECIDED THAT WAY DOESN'T WORK. AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A
[00:03:08] DIFFERENT WAY UM, UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S LEADERSHIP, WE
[00:03:12] HAVE DECIDED THAT WE'RE NOT
[00:03:14] GOING TO JUST SIT BACK AND BE
[00:03:18] DEFENSIVE ONLY. WE'VE GOT TO BE OFFENSIVE. WE'VE GOT TO MOVE.
[00:03:20] WE'VE GOT TO GO AFTER THE BAD
[00:03:23] ACTORS BY SWIMMING UPSTREAM, THE SAME CHANNEL. THEY'RE COMING TO
[00:03:26] US, UH, FOR YEARS, CYBER HAS
[00:03:29] BEEN ONE COUNTRY OR ONE. ONE
[00:03:32] COMPANY, UH, OR ONE MUNICIPALITY
[00:03:35] OR ONE STATE, ONE HOSPITAL, ONE
[00:03:37] TECH COMPANY FIGHTING AN ARMY
[00:03:41] FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY. WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. WE HAVE TO. WE HAVE
[00:03:44] TO COLLABORATE BETWEEN EACH
[00:03:46] OTHER, UH, AND BE ABLE TO, TO, TO, TO GO AFTER THE THREAT.
[00:03:50] THAT'S NOT GOING AWAY. IT'S ONLY ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE,
[00:03:53] ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW AI TECHNOLOGY. WHY IT CAN BE USED
[00:03:56] FOR VERY POSITIVE THINGS. IT CAN
[00:03:59] ALSO BE USED FOR VERY NEGATIVE THINGS TOO. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A FIGHT THAT'S NOT GOING TO
[00:04:03] END. WE'RE RECRUITING INSIDE CISA, BY THE WAY, FOR ANY OF
[00:04:07] YOUR UNIVERSITIES AROUND HERE, WE'RE NEEDING THE BEST. WE'RE GOING TO GET VERY, VERY
[00:04:11] AGGRESSIVE AT THIS. AND IT TAKES PEOPLE THAT ARE FROM A YOUNGER
[00:04:14] GENERATION THAN MYSELF TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHERE THE THREATS
[00:04:16] ARE COMING FROM, AND WE NEED YOUR HELP. THE COUNTRY NEEDS
[00:04:19] YOUR HELP. IT'S A NATIONAL SECURITY RISK THAT WE'RE
[00:04:21] CONSTANTLY FIGHTING
[00:04:38] , >> CAUSE FUNDING DELAYS OR THE
[00:04:40] TOWNS THAT NEED. THAT?
[00:04:42] >> IT ACTUALLY SHOULD MOVE MUCH
[00:04:45] QUICKER? I THINK I MAY LET THE CHIEF SPEAK TO THIS, BECAUSE
[00:04:48] WHEN THE WHEN THE WHEN THEY'RE
[00:04:50] ABLE TO RESPOND FAST, WE'LL LET
[00:04:53] THIS GO FOR A SECOND.
[00:04:56] >> ENGINE 78 DR. SHAH 78. META
[00:05:01] 78. BATTALION FIVE. RESCUE ONE.
[00:05:05] PERSONAL INJURY, ACCIDENT NORTH.
[00:05:08] 156th STREET AND PARK DRIVE. HAD
[00:05:18] BATTALION FIVE. RESCUE 60
[00:05:20] SUPERVISOR ONE. PERSONAL INJURY,
[00:05:24] ACCIDENT 156th STREET AND DRIVE,
[00:05:26] HAD SIX
[00:05:30] >> PERFECT EXAMPLE ABOUT TINY. THEY'LL GET THIS MESSAGE A LOT
[00:05:34] FASTER THAN WE WOULD GET THIS MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON, D.C., SO
[00:05:37] I THINK I'LL LET THE CHIEFS SPEAK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEM
[00:05:40] BEING ABLE TO GET OUT THERE FASTER, AND KNOWING THAT THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME IN, THEY
[00:05:43] CAN RESPOND WITH A RELATIONSHIP
[00:05:46] SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THIS GRANT COMING IN. SO, CHIEF. >> THANK YOU. YEAH. SO THE
[00:05:49] SECRETARY IS CORRECT. OUR PERSONNEL WILL RESPOND TO ANY
[00:05:53] DISASTER. UH, WE CAN THEN
[00:05:57] ESTABLISH OUR PROCEDURE FOR
[00:06:00] RESPONDING AND COORDINATING WITH
[00:06:03] OUTSIDE AGENCIES AND HAVE THE
[00:06:05] EQUIPMENT NECESSARY, KNOWING THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT IS GOING
[00:06:09] TO HAPPEN, WE CAN FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND PERFORM
[00:06:12] AT OUR HIGHEST LEVEL USING THE
[00:06:15] EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEST OR MOST
[00:06:17] APPROPRIATE FOR THE RESCUE OR
[00:06:19] RESPONSE. UH, KNOWING THAT WE
[00:06:21] CAN TRUST OUR, OUR STATE AND
[00:06:26] FEDERAL PARTNERS TO SUPPORT US. >> AND THIS IS WHERE
[00:06:29] RELATIONSHIPS MATTER. THIS IS WHY YOUR REPRESENTATION, YOUR
[00:06:32] LEADERSHIP, YOUR SENATORS, AND YOUR, YOUR CONGRESSMEN FROM THE
[00:06:36] FEDERAL LEVEL NEED TO HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH, WITH THOSE
[00:06:39] OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE LOCAL LEVEL, TOO, WHICH IS
[00:06:42] WHY I CAN'T EXPRESS ENOUGH THE
[00:06:45] VALUE THAT SENATOR RICKETTS PETE RICKETTS HAS, BECAUSE THE
[00:06:48] RELATIONSHIP HE HAS HERE AND THE
[00:06:50] RELATIONSHIPS HE HAS IN DC,
[00:06:53] BECAUSE KATHY OR THE CHIEF MAY
[00:06:55] NOT BE ABLE TO GET DIRECTLY TO
[00:06:58] US RIGHT AWAY. BUT SENATOR
[00:07:01] RICKETTS QUICK. AND SENATOR RICKETTS HAS MY PHONE NUMBER, AND I KNOW I HAVE CAM'S NUMBER.
[00:07:05] UH, AND WE TALK WAY TOO OFTEN.
[00:07:08] MY WIFE IS GETTING JEALOUS.
[00:07:12] >> SO. >> ALL RIGHT. UH, WHAT ELSE?
[00:07:15] YES, SIR
[00:07:19] >> ABC AFFILIATE HERE IN OMAHA. SO THIS PAST FRIDAY.
[00:07:22] >> I THOUGHT SHE WAS A B C. CVS,
[00:07:26] NBC. OKAY. WOW. WE'RE GETTING ALL THREE. GREAT
[00:07:30] >> UH,
[00:07:39] LEGAL. FOR MEMBERS, INDIVIDUALS
[00:07:41] THAT ARE TYPICALLY THE FIRST OF
[00:07:45] DISASTERS, UH, EFFORTS TO REDUCE
[00:07:52] THE PATTY MURRAY. HOW CAN YOU BE
[00:07:58] GOING TO GET THE PROPER
[00:08:00] ASSESSMENTS. UM, IN RESOURCES
[00:08:05] >> PERSONNEL THAT YOU NEED. IT'S EFFICIENCY IS WHAT YOU
[00:08:08] NEED. UH, YOU KNOW WHAT SETTING
[00:08:10] IN, IN SENATE HEARINGS, UH, WITH
[00:08:13] MY GOOD FRIEND, PETE RICKETTS, YOU ALWAYS HAD FEDERAL AGENCIES
[00:08:17] COME IN AND SAY, WE NEED MORE PERSONNEL. WE COULD HIRE MORE,
[00:08:20] WE GET MORE EFFICIENT. AND ALL IT CREATES IS A LOT MORE
[00:08:23] REDUNDANCY IN THE DOLLAR BEING WASTED ON PAYROLL, RATHER THAN
[00:08:26] GETTING TO THE DISASTER. UM,
[00:08:28] WHEN WE WHAT YOU NEED IS MORE
[00:08:30] EFFICIENCY. WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY AND WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO
[00:08:34] IT. THROWING, THROWING, THROWING PEOPLE AT A PROBLEM THAT AREN'T,
[00:08:38] UH, PASSIONATE ABOUT OR NOT BEING AN ADDED VALUE TO IT
[00:08:41] DOESN'T HELP, UH, FOR SOME REASON, WE'RE CONSTANTLY
[00:08:44] GETTING NOT JUST WITH FEMA, BUT ALL ACROSS THE FEDERAL AGENCIES. THEY'RE SAYING, YOU CAN'T LET
[00:08:47] PEOPLE GO. YOU GOT TO KEEP THEM THERE. WHEN WE KNOW BEING IN A
[00:08:51] PRIVATE INDUSTRY LIKE MYSELF, USUALLY IN A, IN A, IN A LARGE
[00:08:55] CORPORATION, 20% OF THE PEOPLE DO, THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK,
[00:08:57] 80% OF THE PEOPLE DO THEIR JOB.
[00:09:00] WHEN A DISASTER, YOU NEED, YOU
[00:09:02] NEED 100% THE MAJORITY OF THE
[00:09:04] WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO WHEN SOME FEDERAL JUDGE TRIES TO COME
[00:09:08] IN AND TELLS US HOW MANY PEOPLE WE HAVE TO HAVE ON STAFF, YET
[00:09:12] THEY'RE NOT IN THE BUILDING, THEY'RE NOT RUNNING. THE AGENCY
[00:09:15] IS LAUGHABLE. STAY IN YOUR LANE.
[00:09:18] DEAL WITH KNOW, PROSECUTE
[00:09:21] CRIMINALS, SEND THEM TO SEND THEM TO PRISON, AND, AND, AND
[00:09:25] RULE FROM THE BENCH. DON'T GET INTO HIRING AND FIRING OF AN
[00:09:28] AGENCY OR A PRIVATE COMPANY TO THAT'S, IT'S ABSOLUTELY ABSURD
[00:09:31] THAT THEY WALK DOWN THAT LANE.
[00:09:34] >> THEY ASK A FOLLOW UP. I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE AGAINST THE
[00:09:37] DESIRE THIS PARTICULAR AGENCY
[00:09:44] MORE >> CARNEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT? SURE.
[00:09:47] >> I MEAN, SOME OF PROCESS
[00:09:55] CLAIMS THAT WE HAVE TO. SOME OF THE EVEN INDIVIDUAL DISPENSING
[00:09:59] AUTHORITY THAT THE AGENCY HAS LACKED BEFORE, WE'RE LOOKING TO
[00:10:02] OVERHAUL OUR ENTIRE IT FOOTPRINT SO THAT WE ULTIMATELY GET BETTER
[00:10:05] CUSTOMER SERVICE TO OUR CLIENTS, WHICH ARE THE STATES THAT
[00:10:09] ULTIMATELY REPRESENT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. UM, WE OWE THEM
[00:10:12] THAT. AND WITH THOSE NEW
[00:10:13] PROCESSES, YOU'RE GOING WILL
[00:10:17] ACTUALLY BE A LOT FASTER. I MEAN, SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER. THE
[00:10:21] PROJECTED TIMETABLES FOR WHAT
[00:10:22] WE'RE LOOKING AT REDUCE THE
[00:10:25] RECOVERY TIMEFRAMES BY HALF.
[00:10:27] THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. DOLLARS
[00:10:33] POTENTIALLY SAVED WITH UNINTENDED COST ESCALATION. AND COMMUNITIES CAN ACTUALLY
[00:10:36] REDEVELOP FASTER. SO I WOULD SAY THAT BY RUNNING A MORE LEAN
[00:10:40] ORGANIZATION AND BY MAKING IT INVESTMENTS TO ENSURE THAT WE
[00:10:43] GIVE BETTER CUSTOMER PARTNERS
[00:10:47] HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THE OPPOSITE. YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THAT WE CAN PROCESS THINGS
[00:10:50] FASTER A FASTER PACE WITH FAR
[00:10:54] LESS BUREAUCRACY. >> AND I'LL ADD THIS TO
[00:10:58] UNDERNEATH THE CURRENT OR THE
[00:11:00] PAST ADMINISTRATION OR THE BIDEN'S LEADERSHIP. MOST OF THE
[00:11:03] FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GREW BY 50 TO 100%. AND WE'RE STILL DEALING
[00:11:07] WITH BACKLOGS FROM 2024. THAT
[00:11:12] WAS NEVER PROCESSED, UH, FROM,
[00:11:14] FROM 2022, FROM 2021, THAT HAS
[00:11:18] NEVER BEEN PROCESSED. AND, AND SO MORE PEOPLE THROWN AT THE
[00:11:20] PROBLEM. PROBLEM DOESN'T, DOESN'T EQUATE TO MORE
[00:11:24] EFFICIENCY. WE'RE ACTUALLY CLEANING UP MORE AND STAYING ON
[00:11:27] TOP OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
[00:11:29] THEN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION DID WITH ALMOST 50% MORE
[00:11:33] INDIVIDUALS. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE EFFICIENCY, ABILITY, AND BILL LEE TO EMPOWER PEOPLE LIKE
[00:11:37] RYAN AND JAY TO DO THEIR JOB, TRUSTING THEIR, TRUSTING THEIR
[00:11:41] ABILITY INSTEAD OF HAVING THIS CHAIN OF COMMAND THAT'S GOT TO
[00:11:44] FLY THROUGH, THROUGH SIX CHANNELS. AND IF ONE PERSON'S ON
[00:11:48] VACATION OR MATERNITY LEAVE FOR, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG MATERNITY
[00:11:51] LEAVE IS ANYMORE, I HAVEN'T HAD. I NEVER HAD A KID, ACTUALLY, BUT
[00:11:54] I HAVE SIX KIDS. MY WIFE HAS,
[00:11:55] UM, BUT IT, THAT PIECE OF PAPER
[00:11:58] JUST STAYS PUT AND, AND IT
[00:12:00] DOESN'T GET PASSED. AND SO ONE
[00:12:03] LINK IN THAT CHAIN CAN CAUSE A WHOLE THING TO FAIL. WHEN WHAT
[00:12:06] WE'RE TRYING TO SAY IS WE'RE GOING TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO MAKE SURE IF SOMEONE DOES HAVE TO GO
[00:12:10] ON MATERNITY LEAVE, OR SOMEONE DOES NEED TO GO OUT FROM BEING
[00:12:13] SICK, UM, OR SOMEONE QUITS OR GETS FIRED, THAT PAPERWORK DOESN'T GET LOST. IT CONTINUES
[00:12:17] TO MOVE. AND YOU CAN DO THAT.
[00:12:20] WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE? YES,
[00:12:27] MA'AM.
[00:12:29] >> UM, FINANCIAL A COMBINATION.
[00:12:35] >> YEAH. WELL, LET JAY, YOU GOT THE NUMBERS
[00:12:39] >> YEAH THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.
[00:12:42] AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN 2026.
[00:12:46] FOR 2025. DISASTER, PRIMARILY, UH, WE'VE ALSO INVESTED IN
[00:12:50] PREPAREDNESS GRANTS. SO IN 2024
[00:12:54] AND 2025, UM INVESTED IN
[00:13:01] PREPAREDNESS AND RESILIENCY
[00:13:04] ADMINISTRATIVE. TALKED ABOUT. SO
[00:13:06] WE'RE OVER. AND THEN THERE'S
[00:13:08] SOME OTHER ASSISTANCE GOING TO
[00:13:14] THE STATE OF NEBRASKA IN THE LAST 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
[00:13:17] >> AND I WANT TO PUT OUT, PUT OUT, HE SAID. THAT'S A LOT OF
[00:13:21] THAT'S FROM 24. AND, AND, AND
[00:13:23] 25. WE. AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE PROCESSING THAT. WE'RE STAYING
[00:13:28] UP ON CURRENT STORM STORMS WITH THE 27 MILLION CAME IN. THAT WAS
[00:13:31] FROM STORMS YOU GUYS HAD OVER THE SCREEN. UM, AND SO WE'RE
[00:13:35] CATCHING ALL THAT UP, DOING THE BEST WE CAN. BUT HONESTLY, THAT'S ONCE AGAIN, GOES DOWN TO
[00:13:39] HAVING GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH
[00:13:41] LOCAL AND FEDERAL AND, AND YOUR, IN YOUR FEDERAL OFFICIALS TOO.
[00:13:45] YES. >> I'M SORRY. IT'S HARD TO HEAR.
[00:13:49] >> 120 MILLION. >> 120 MILLION TOTAL FOR THE
[00:13:53] PAST. >> SINCE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
[00:13:54] COME IN TO COME INTO OFFICE.
[00:14:00] >> SECRETARY. JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE COULDN'T QUITE HEAR WHAT BRENT CRUDE SORRY. CAN
[00:14:03] YOU SUMMARIZE FOR US A LITTLE
[00:14:05] BIT ABOUT WHAT YOU HEARD
[00:14:10] >> THANK YOU. SO WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE DO IS WHEN WE COME TO
[00:14:13] THESE MEETINGS LIKE, THIS IS ONE WE WANT TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM
[00:14:17] THE PEOPLE ON THE GROUND. AND
[00:14:17] THEN WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? UM,
[00:14:21] THERE'S SO MUCH RED TAPE, SO
[00:14:23] MUCH BUREAUCRACY AND GOVERNMENT. UM, MUCH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL,
[00:14:26] THERE IS AT THE STATE LEVEL THERE IS. BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
[00:14:29] IT IS JUST LAYERS UPON LAYERS UPON LAYERS. AND OUR FOCUS IS,
[00:14:33] IS HOW CAN WE GET THE DOLLAR
[00:14:35] CLOSEST TO THE RECOVERY AND GET
[00:14:37] IT THERE FASTER? WE KNOW ANYTIME THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS
[00:14:41] INVOLVED IN SOMETHING, IT'S
[00:14:45] ALMOST GUARANTEED TO BE TWICE AS MUCH. IF WE CAN GET THAT DOLLAR TO THE, TO, TO LOCAL
[00:14:49] GOVERNMENTS, ALLOWED THEM TO SPEND AND ALLOWED THEM TO
[00:14:51] CONTRACT IT. UM, IT'S, IT, IT'LL GO FARTHER AND BE MORE
[00:14:55] EFFICIENT. AND, AND, UH, AND IT'LL, IT'LL BE ABLE TO, TO BE
[00:14:58] THERE WHEN IT, WHEN IT'S NEEDED. BY THE TIME THEY FILL OUT ALL
[00:15:02] THE PAPERWORK FOR, FOR FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT ON THE BACK SIDE,
[00:15:05] THE WAY THE SYSTEM WORKS NOW, IT
[00:15:07] IS, IT CAN TAKE, IT CAN TAKE
[00:15:11] YEARS. UH, WE HAVE SOME STUFF THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON.
[00:15:14] YEAH. HURRICANE SANDY, FOR INSTANCE. YES. WE HAVE SOME STUFF WE'RE STILL WORKING ON
[00:15:17] BACK THERE, WHICH THAT SHOULD NEVER BE THAT WAY. IT SHOULD
[00:15:20] NEVER BE THAT WAY. THE RECOVERY, THE DOLLAR SHOULD FLOW AS
[00:15:23] RECOVERY IS TAKING PLACE. AND SO
[00:15:25] WE'VE GOT TO RETHINK THE WAY WE
[00:15:27] DO THIS RIGHT NOW. FEMA HAS
[00:15:30] BECOME, UM, THIS, THIS, THIS CATCH ALL. AND ALMOST TO THE
[00:15:34] POINT WHERE SOME STATES, NOT NEBRASKA. NEBRASKA STILL
[00:15:37] BELIEVES IN THE WAY THAT OKLAHOMA, UH, BELIEVE IS NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS. WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AND
[00:15:41] WE'RE GOING TO RECOVER REGARDLESS IF IT HAPPENS OR NOT. BUT YOU HAVE OTHER STATES THAT
[00:15:44] JUST SIT THERE AND WAIT UNTIL, UNTIL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
[00:15:48] COMES IN. FEMA WAS NEVER
[00:15:50] DESIGNED TO BE THE FIRST
[00:15:52] RESPONDER. IT WAS THERE TO TO BE
[00:15:55] THERE. AND YOUR WORST DAY TO
[00:15:56] HELP THE STATE, TO HELP THE
[00:15:59] LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECOVER, NOT
[00:16:01] TAKE OVER AND TAKE CHARGE OF THE SITUATION. IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO
[00:16:04] BE BETTER FROM THAT POINT. SO WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS, WE WANT
[00:16:07] TO MAKE SURE WE GET IT RIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS WANTING TO
[00:16:11] REFORM GOVERNMENT. WE WANT TO GET IT RIGHT. AND THE WAY WE GET IT RIGHT IS WE COME IN HERE AND
[00:16:14] WE TALK TO THE CHIEF, WE TALK TO, UH, TO THE EMERGENCY
[00:16:18] RECOVERY MANAGEMENT TEAM. AND WE TALKED TO, TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES
[00:16:22] AND GET THE FEEDBACK RIGHT. >> THANK YOU.
[00:16:25] >> THANK YOU GUYS. APPRECIATE IT >> THANK YOU GUYS.
[00:16:28] >> AND I WANT TO SEE RICKETTS
[00:16:30] COME DOWN. UPSIDE DOWN. THAT'S
[00:16:33] MY ONLY THAT'S MY ONLY REQUEST.
[00:16:39] >> THINK THEY'RE PREPARED
[00:16:43] >> WE WILL. YES. WOULD
[00:16:46] >> HERE'S A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR
[00:16:48] LIVE COVERAGE TUESDAY ON THE C-SPAN NETWORKS ON C-SPAN AT 10
[00:16:51] A.M. EASTERN, LAWMAKERS WILL TAKE UP A WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
[00:16:54] CONCERNING FUTURE U.S. MILITARY
[00:16:57] ACTION AGAINST IRAN ON C-SPAN 2. ALSO AT TEN, THE SENATE WILL
[00:17:00] CONVENE AND WILL VOTE ON ADVANCING A MEASURE TO ESTABLISH
[00:17:04] A NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR DIGITAL ASSETS ON C-SPAN. THREE AT 9
[00:17:08] A.M., FBI DIRECTOR KASH PATEL IS ON CAPITOL HILL TO TESTIFY
[00:17:12] BEFORE THE SENATE JUDICIARY
[00:17:14] COMMITTEE ABOUT LAW ENFORCEMENT, OPERATIONS AND PRIORITIES. AND
[00:17:17] AT 3 P.M., FORMER SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE KEVIN MCCARTHY'S OFFICIAL
[00:17:21] PORTRAIT WILL BE UNVEILED IN STATUARY HALL WITH REMARKS BY
[00:17:24] SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON. FORMER DEMOCRATIC LEADER STENY HOYER
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