So Tom Davis and myself, Republican from Virginia, put an amendment in making sure it was difficult to invoke that act, and especially against American citizens. Take it one more step to 2010 on the Armed Services Committee. I passed a resolution that In the National Defense Authorization act, we created the Council of Governors. Five Democratic governors, five Republican Governors appointed by the President and then our counterparts in the agencies, fema, Department of Defense and so forth, that required budgeting decisions and use … (09:20–09:25)
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