a fix for first responders we can only imagine how an improved communications system could have aided rescue workers in their efforts to respond to the needs of citizens after hurricane katrina. the federal government has sat by and allowed this problem to remain unresolved for four years following the devastation of sept. 11, 2001, even as many predicted another disaster. after watching the horrific communications breakdown that occurred during katrina, will we wait another four years before acting? how many more lives will be lost? what kind of catastrophic disaster is necessary for congress to give these heroes the tools they need to save lives? we urge congress to immediately take up pending legislation that would finally provide emergency first responders with the radio spectrum, equi...
