TERRIFYING ANNOUNCEMENT ,TREY GOWDY DESTR0YS DEMOCRATS,IT'S OVER
system it's called the rule of completeness some people call it the rule of fairness it's
a pretty simple proposition that you can't just tell part
of the story you got to tell a whole story most of us were brought up you know you're
gonna tell it tell it all in fact the oath that I just administered to
y'all if I remember correctly it says to tell the truth and then it says to tell the whole
truth it's called a rule of completeness or the rule of fairness you may
have noticed we do not have that rule in politics what you have in
politics is selective amnesia and a hyper focus on pointing out what your political
adversaries have not done as opposed to what they have done so I listened
to my friend from Maryland in his opening decrying the fact that we
have not had a public hearing we had one today every single number ran out of time you get
five minutes now the advantage for members of Congress is that
your own television that's the big advantage the disadvantage is you are
limited to five minutes and you have to unlock the mysteries of the world in
five minutes and I'll let every single one of them go over every single one some of them
went over a lot because you
cannot effectively question anything in five minutes so keeping with the rule of completeness
and the rule of fairness I want to let you know you know what Garrett
I appreciate you mentioning the word staff I appreciate you doing that I
don't mind if my colleagues take shots at other members of Congress I don't
mind that we all sign up for what luis gutierrez did is rare that's really really rare to say
something across the aisle complimentary publicly he's he's a unicorn
that doesn't happen I get that McGarrett you mentioned staff
so I will let you know what staff has
done as it was as it relates to our fellow citizens who are suffering due to natural
disaster October of 2017 no I did not misspeak it's not October of 2018
October of 2017 we had a member briefing with FEMA now what may you ask
is a member briefing it is an opportunity for members of Congress to come and ask every
question that they have there is no time constraint there you're
not going to get cut off by a chairperson you can ask whatever you
want to ask which is why I prefer briefings so someone who represents a district
that is impacted by hurricanes is not limited to five minutes October
the 3rd 2017 a member briefing with officials from FEMA October 11th 2017 a member briefing
with officials from the
DoD and the Army Corps of Engineers October of 2017 letters went to HHS DoD including
the Army Corps of Engineers DHS including FEMA request if memory serves
me correctly this committee is accessed over 18,000 documents you did
not hear that in the opening statement given by my friend from Maryland so
we're up to two member briefings in 18,000 documents and we're not out of October of
2017 yeah and that's when committee staff traveled to Texas not for
five minutes in a YouTube opportunity but to actually talk to
their fellow Americans who have been devastated so Garrett that's why I appreciate you mentioning
staff was staff that made that trip to check on
the well-being of their fellow Americans November of 2017 a follow-up
briefing mr. long with FEMA on disaster contracting and reimbursements that's over a year ago
January of 2018 a
letter to the GAO requesting a comprehensive evaluation of the federal government's preparedness
response recovery efforts for hurricanes and wildfires
January 2018 another briefing with HHS on response and recovery
February of 2018 another meeting with the GAO on their hurricane response in 2017 March
of 2018 a briefing with the American Red Cross March of 2018 a field hearing
in the US Virgin Islands there were members that went it's mainly staff
on the ground in an area impacted by a devastating hurricane hearing from their fellow Americans
about how they can help make things better you did not hear that
in the opening statement given by my friend from Maryland April of 2018 a briefing on
FEMA section 428 program April of 2018 committee staff traveled to
Puerto Rico so they could see firsthand the devastation wreaked upon
their fellow citizens I get taking shots at Congress I get it I get it that was staff
that did that I didn't hear that mentioned and my friend from Maryland's
opening June of 2018 another meeting with the
GAO August of 2018 another briefing with FEMA September of 2018 administrator
long you may recall a letter from me and others asking you for even more information more
than the 18,000 that we'd already received and then we get to October
of this year and Garett this is
why I'm grateful that you mentioned what you did because the staff released a comprehensive
report that it had done studying other natural disasters trying to
figure out how we can do a better job you wouldn't know none of that had you simply
listened to the opening statement given by my friend on the other side so
the roles will be reversed come January I'll be gone we'll be in the minority I hope the
minority treats the majority with more fairness then the minority treated
the majority today and what I really hope is you draw a line of
demarcation you can criticize members of Congress all you want but staff spent well over a year
trying to figure out
how to make their fellows citizens lives betters and I didn't hear a damn word about it in
the opening statement given by my friends from Maryland so thank you
for coming today thank you work harder do everything you can to improve our fellow citizens
lives work harder and I'm sure that Congress will continue its oversight
responsibilities
in 2018
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