President of National Emergency Management Agency on FEMA

7/31/07 House Oversight Committee Testimony of Mr. Al Ashwood, Director, Oklahoma State Emergency Management Agency, President, National Emergency Management Agency, about FEMA mismanagement and the failure to properly engage state emergency managers.

"In my 19 years of Emergency Management, I have never experienced a more polarized environment between state and federal government."

Of The National Response Framework: "You'll be told in this national document, developed over many of collaboration between all levels of government and all disciplines. Let me be the first to say that this statement is totally inaccurate. I have queried my colleagues at both the state and local level and realized that no one knows what information this document contains and we won't until we read it like everyone else in this room."

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