Susan Collins
Susan Collins
Susan Margaret Collinsis an American politician who currently serves as the senior United States Senator from Maine. A member of the Republican Party, Collins has served in the Senate since 1997, and has served as the Chairman of the Senate Special Committee on Aging since 2015 and previously chaired the Senate Committee on Homeland Security from 2003 to 2007. She is considered one of the most moderate Republicans in office. She also is known for her long consecutive voting streak,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth7 December 1952
CountryUnited States of America
FEMA has become a symbol of a bumbling bureaucracy in which the American people have completely lost faith. There are many good people who work at FEMA. But they have lacked the leaders, the tools, the systems, and the budget to be effective.
The budget reconciliation bill now before the U.S. Senate includes draconian cuts to vital health, education and child support enforcement programs.
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.
In light of the attacks on mass transit systems in other countries, shouldn't we be beefing up? ... Clearly more could be done.
That flip-flop sowed the seeds of doubt in the minds of commissioners,
Once again, FEMA failed to adequately plan for the very type of disaster that occurs virtually every year.
I hope that Mr. Brown's decision to step down will help put the focus squarely where it belongs, on relief and recovery efforts,
I must say, I don't know how you could make that judgment, when the TSA (Transportation Security Administration) has not made a risk assessment
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,
Taxpayers bought Miami-Dade residents thousands of television sets, air conditioners and other appliances,
It's difficult to understand the lack of preparedness and the ineffective response to something that had been anticipated for years.
So far, I have seen no evidence of improper influence with members of the administration, but I am sure that question will be fully explored in these hearings.
That money meets urgent infrastructure needs in the state of Maine. I don't think it makes sense to take money that is needed in other states and reallocate it to Katrina.
That money meets urgent infrastructure needs in the state of Maine, ... I don't think it makes sense to take money that is needed in other states and reallocate it to Katrina.