DELAY cancels hearings on Katrina response (CNN)

[cthrumatrix]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/07/katrina.congress /

House cancels hearings on Katrina response

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House majority leader late Tuesday tried to deflect criticism of the federal response to Hurricane Katrina by saying "the emergency response system was set up to work from the bottom up," then announced a short time later that House hearings examining that response had been canceled.


What more needs to be said....?

Why are these people allowed to kill people and go "unchallenged"?

[WeRQ4U]

1. Another example of how the current "representative government" has failed

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I am not going to stand for this. How about the rest of ya, DU? We can't

let these people kill off Americans or Iraqis or Afghanis any more!

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[Dr Fate]

3. Are any Democrats going to go on TV ask "What is DeLay & Bush hiding?"

Dean? Kerry? Hillary? Obama? WHERE ARRRRRE YOOOOOU??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[cthrumatrix]

6. the criminals can run the show...no repercussions

[aquart]

18. Delay is House, Hillary and Obama and Kerry are Senate.

Get up the ass of your Congressman.

[wryter2000]

21. Already done

I contacted the great Barbara Lee a while ago. She will not let this stand.

[Dr Fate]

27. Dean and ALL Dems with media access should be calling this out.

I dont need hair splitting on who is who- I need ALL Democrats with media access to speak out against the the lies.

[Dr Fate]

29. How does that stop them from asking "What is DeLay & Bush hiding?"

And asking it ON TV?

[DistressedAmerican]

25. Thanks For Asking! They Are AWOL As Could Be On This One!

We have NO functioning government. Both the Repugs and the Dems are so busy covering their asses that they are paralyzed to help anyone but themselves.

[Dr Fate]

28. I was tired of the excuses as to why DEMs dont fight years ago.

And I wont except a single one now.

[Ganja Ninja]

4. Maybe the state of Louisiana should investigate. n/t

[cascadiance]

5. Delay living up to his name!...

Let's "Delay" everything this admin doesn't want to deal with!

[rodeodance]

7. Aide: GOP leaders agree to joint Katrina hearings (headling now)-using

your link.


Aide: GOP leaders agree to joint Katrina hearings
Administration reportedly to ask for $51.8 billion in Katrina aid

Wednesday, September 7, 2005; Posted: 2:03 p.m. EDT (18:03 GMT

[rodeodance]

9. DeLay is the one who wanted a joint review (vs hearings).

......It's uncertain when the joint hearings would begin, but GOP leaders have said repeatedly they don't want to pull officials out of the disaster area to testify.

The GOP aide said the hearings are expected to be bipartisan, but a high-ranking House Democratic aide said lawmakers from his party had not been contacted yet.

On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, sought to deflect criticism of the federal response before announcing that House hearings on the issue had been canceled -- and pressing for a joint review instead.

"The emergency response system was set up to work from the bottom up," DeLay said late Tuesday.

[rodeodance]

11. DeLay in into the 'blame game".

.....DeLay added that Alabama and Mississippi did a much better job of responding quickly than Louisiana. Alabama and Mississippi have Republican governors. Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco is a Democrat.

[Jackpine Radical]

16. I think "bipartisan" means

1) Right-wing wacko Republicans and
2) big-bux corporate-fascist Repugs.

[intheflow]

FEMA = FEDERAL Emergency Magmt. Agency

By definition, any governmental agency that has "Federal" in it's title should not be reliant on "bottom up" state and municipal officials to plan and impliment programs.

[mattclearing]

8. Since when has anything state level worked from the bottom up?

Nothing has worked from the bottom up since Reconstruction.

DeLay is an idiot, a liar, and a cheat. I hope he burns in Hell.

[Horse with no Name]

12. Problem is the level of education of these Bushbots

They don't have any idea that what he says isn't true.
They don't know History. They don't know government. I'd venture to say they don't have the first clue what a democracy is. This administration counts on their ignorance.
They take it all at face value and then start parroting it as if it were gospel.
So on this issue, instead of the trickle down theory...they are gonna try the trickle up.
Have they no shame?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

10. Dictatorships don't care about the people. Period.

[rodeodance]

13. Memo urges employees to 'convey positive image' (by Brown)

[FreedomAngel82]

14. I think a good question is

what are they trying to hide? Whom are they trying to protect?

[nonconformist]

15. They're stalling for a COVERUP

Which is why we cannot allow it.

[lpbk2713]

17. Natch.

We wouldn't want any appropriate action to be taken now would we? I mean after all, some repub careers could be ruined.


:eyes:

[cbear70]

19. emailed him

maybe we all should.

[Rainscents]

20. Wasn't "leeve" surrounded mostly in NO? If this is ture...

Of course, this wouldn't effect Miss or Ala. WTF Delay talking about?

[gollygee]

22. First the fox is set to investigate the henhouse disruption

then another fox decides that investigation is unnecessary.

Lovely.

[daninthemoon]

23. Yeah, from the bottom up. SO if a nuke takes out the mayor, everyone

just dies, right?

[BrightKnight]

24. Delay is trying to obstruct another inquiry.

They must have a lot to hide.

[ForrestGump]

26. I think he needs to investigate why he did that

Seems to be a lot of introspection coming up in DC, what with Li'l Georgie about to tirelessly investigate his own self...

[BrightKnight]

30. "Li'l Georgie" wants a whitewash to clear the Whitehouse.

[Straight Shooter]

31. It most certainly was NOT "from the bottom up"

August 27, 2005

The resident today declared an emergency exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local response efforts in the parishes located in the path of Hurricane Katrina beginning on August 26, 2005, and continuing.

The resident's action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to coordinate all disaster relief efforts which have the purpose of alleviating the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency on the local population, and to provide appropriate assistance for required emergency measures, authorized under Title V of the Stafford Act, to save lives, protect property and public health and safety, or to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe in the parishes of Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, Catahoula, Concordia, De Soto, East Baton Rouge, East Carroll, East Feliciana, Evangeline, Franklin, Grant, Jackson, LaSalle, Lincoln, Livingston, Madison, Morehouse, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, Ouachita, Rapides, Red River, Richland, Sabine, St. Helena, St. Landry, Tensas, Union, Vernon, Webster, West Carroll, West Feliciana, and Winn.

Specifically, FEMA is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion, equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency. Debris removal and emergency protective measures, including direct Federal assistance, will be provided at 75 percent Federal funding.

Representing FEMA, Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary for Emergency Preparedness and Response, Department of Homeland Security, named William Lokey as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected area.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/08/20050827-1.html

Kudos to DU'er Horse With No Name for finding this and posting it on another thread.

[Mr_Spock]

32. This is it for DeLay

He's in way over his head. He should be held accountable for all the deaths personally.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

33. Democrats need to rent a hotel ballroom and call the media and

interview witnesses without Republicans present