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Original publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [Congressional Sales Office], 2002. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)50996482 Subject: Emergency management -- United States. Excerpt: ... 11 URTON Mr. B. We will recognize Members in order of their arrival, but the one exception will be Mr. Waxman, who is the ranking mi-nority member. AXMAN Mr. W. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I thank you for recognizing me. I apologize I wasn't here when the meeting started, but there is another mark-up going on on the prescription drug benefit in the Commerce Committee. Today's hearing address-es how to organize our government to fight terrorism. This is an important subject. Our government can do a better job protecting against terrorism, and reorganization can help. I particularly want to welcome Governor Ridge to the hearing. I commend him and the President for preparing a blueprint of reor-ganization. This is not a partisan issue but a national one. Leader-ship from the White House is essential. But as we embark on this reorganization effort, it is important that we keep our priorities in perspective. Fundamentally, reorganization is a bureaucratic exer-cise. The plan before us addresses organizational flow charts. The creation of five new under secretaries, and 16 new assistant sec-retaries and the application of Civil Service and procurement laws. As a professor of management at Columbia University recently remarked, to think that a structural solution can bring about a major improvement in performance is a major mistake. The reorga-nization plan doesn't address the most pressing security questions that we confront. We have to stop the spread of biological weapons. But this reorganization doesn't contain a plan for international in-spections of suspect facilities or for greater resources for tracking biological agents globally. We have to improve airline security, and enhance the poor per-formance of the new transportation security admi
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