The last four years were all about terrorism. No one was working on natural hazards. FEMA has not had an equal voice.

It's terrorism, terrorism, terrorism, terrorism. It's what all the funding is directed towards. New Orleans shows the result when known problems aren't addressed because we're fixated on something else.

DHS owns the plan. They did not follow the plan. They did not implement it quickly.

This isn't just tossing out a tool; it's like tossing out the whole toolbox.

We don't have freedom to choose what we want to work on. It's decided for us, by the Department of Homeland Security, where it's all terrorism, all the time.

We've seen what happens when the federal government hasn't done much of anything in advance. If you want to be prepared for the maximum credible catastrophic event, you should be thinking seven days, not just the minimum of three days.