Well call this hearing to order. Today we are welcoming the administrator of the federal Emergency Management agency, mr. Brock long. Were here to talk about response to recovery to hurricane irma, maria and harvey and the wild fires. Thank you for being here. I want to thank you and the thousands of dedicated fema personnel who have deployed and who continue to work tirelessly to help communities and families get back on their feet in the wake of in every instance of these devastating events. Congress has passed two emergency sup lementals which have provided an additional 26 billion to ensure femas ability to response to immediate aftermath of disasters. Now is the time to shift focus from response to recovery. And while some of these efforts are already underway, theres still a very long road ahead. Today we look forward to hearing from you on how this third supplemental request, 23. 5 billion will enable communities to start down the long path of longterm recovery. Mr. Long, please
Its effectively dead and there are brill limits to what can be done in the political process. The second proposition is the opportunities are opening for free creating some of the best qualities of the american project so let a just say by american project them referring to the idea that came with the founders that individuals and Families Communities can be left free to live their lives as they see fit in the role of the government is to provide a peaceful setting for that endeavor but otherwise standing aside. You are not going to have a Constitutional Convention and you are not going to reverse held in v. Davis or anything else but that is essentially that they option of rolling back the federal governments power host want to jump right in and you mentioned helvering. Your book is fraught with Many Supreme Court cases and if he can footnote them for myself and our viewers. We are not all constitutional lawyers but you play one on tv. When you say that these things are set in stone,
The government is to provide a peaceful setting for that endeavor and otherwise standing aside. We are not going to reverse the database or any other things. The political process has essentially left that option of rolling back the federal governments power. Host you mentioned your book is fraught with many court cases and if you can footnoted them for myself and the viewers we are not all constitutional lawyers but do play one on tv. [laughter] but when you see that these things are set in stone what happened so much so that the dynamism that one might argue has characterized the landscape in the areas has somehow evaporated . Can we get better policy for my point of view or yours. Can we change education policy and welfare policy into that kind of thing . Postcode you have changed welfare policy. Guest you have, too. Also if we could change those things in our institutions would have no so you can still continue down that road. But if you talk about the regulatory state which is the
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