The federal response to hurricane damage in puerto rico was discussed on the sunday shows today. Here are comments from fema director and san juan mayor and mick mulvaney. Up in all over puerto rico, even in some of the roughest area. In katrina, there were over 1800 deaths. I think we have to filter out the noise and we have to continue to push forward. My guys have been busting their rear ends day in and day out to help americans. It has been complex. There is not a person in this country who would change jobs with me. We assigned the army corps of engineers to do one important job, or emergency power, but also rebuilding the grid. The mostower back is important thing. In conjunction with that we are working with the private sector to get telecommunications backup. About one third of the telecommunications of been put back up after two major hurricanes. Telecommunications is about one third back up and running. We have to get the power up, we have to get communications back up and that takes a long time. It was almost a total loss when it comes to the power grid. It will be multiple months before power is restored to many of these areas and that is the reality. That is what we were saying before the storm hit and i think people have to remember that. Going into this storm we were setting expectations by saying this is going to be a nightmare for puerto rico. Ive been quite complementary to the people from fema, but we have to cut the red tape. That is the one message. Number two, let us not talk , the cost oft reconstruction, lets talk about the cost of saving lives, putting back the power grid, that has an immediate effect on our ability to recover financially. Are you concerned the debt will be an impediment to getting help over the longterm . I hope it is not. Some of the comments that have come from the white house seem to point in that direction. You put the people above the debt, you put lives and avoiding death above the debt. That is how things are done. What you all of donnas watch a lot of the coverage of what is happening on the ground which is accurate very what you have not shown is the federal effort in place down there and the fact that the governor has been very complementary of the administration. Than 70 mayors on the island of puerto rico and you seem to spend a lot of attention on the one from san juan. I think that is where the president s push back is. I do not know that theres been coverage that we have now made it to every single town. The search and rescue effort is over, weve made to every single place on the island to make sure folks are safe. It is slow to get the power turned back on, and there is a variety of reasons for that. Theprogress is there and effort is there, it is unfair to say the president has not given his best effort. President Chester Arthur ranks among the lesserknown president s, the only thing most people remember is his distinctive facial hair, his sideburns. Tonight on q a, a journalist on his book the unexpected president about the life and political career of chester a arthur. Realized he wasnt qualified for the job, wound up on the ticket i accident, was surprised to be there, and then all of a sudden he is on the threshold of office. Tonight at 8 00 on cspans q a. Cspans washington journal live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Monday morning, the new Supreme Court term begins. The Supreme Court correspondent for reuters will give an update on the court. And the president of the committee for responsible federal budget will be on to talk about the cost of the republican tax plan. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal live at 7 00 eastern on monday morning. Tuesday, the securities and Exchange Commission chair testified before the Senate Ranking many about the priorities of his agents the, the data breach and the recent data breach of equifax, which impacted an estimated 143 million americans. This is about today we will receive testimony from securities and Exchange Commission chairman jay clayton regarding the work and the agenda of the sec. Thank you, mr. Chairman, for attending here today. Oversight of the sec is a critical function of this committee and it has an important threepart mission, to protect investors, mnt