We're just watching the other things unfold in the east. We're fully operational.

It's like watching an unbelievable movie or novel unfold.

We are watching this devastation unfold on our televisions for days and you have to ask: where is the federal government? We should have had a significant amount of troops and supplies there on the ground Monday.

Even if you restart on Sunday, it's going to be two, three or four days before they are fully operational. Can we afford to have that much supply out of the market? It doesn't seem that we can.

This was a major technological breakthrough -- a wireless projectile that contains a fully operational TASER circuit payload, packaged in a non-lethal 12-gauge shotgun round. This demonstration was the culmination of several years of intensive research and development funded through ONR. The XREP technology will now begin the transition from research to production.

President Bush's wake-up call came awfully late. We are watching this devastation unfold on our televisions for days, and you have to ask: Where is the federal government? The National Guard's first priority must always be to protect people at home.