Sue Kelly Local Quotations

Protecting children at our local schools must always be a priority at all levels of government, ... This is a very positive example of federal and local officials working together to make sure that Goshen schools have the security equipment necessary to keep students safe and stop any crime on school grounds.

The concerns in the Witt Report that have gone unaddressed and the inefficient response to Hurricane Katrina have given local officials practical reasons not to certify these plans. FEMA needs to acknowledge these flaws and work more closely with our local communities to put adequate emergency preparedness plans in place.

Under the act, utilities were to be confined to a single region. Now you'll find there will be a lot of very large combinations of electric utilities covering all parts of the country. We're all about local control and local responsiveness, and we find that problematic.

Working toward this goal of helping local businesses grow, I have been an ardent supporter of reducing the tax burden.