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Senator Collins said that D.H.S. officials told them that they did not know of the severity of the situation in New Orleans until Tuesday morning. Mr. Brown said that he finds it a little disingenuous that D.H.S. would claim that they were not getting that information, because FEMA held continuous video telephone conferences, he'll refer to them as V.T.C.'s, in which at least once a day, if not several times a day, we would be on conference calls and video calls to make certain that everyone had situational awareness. Senator Collins said that he understands some of the concerns that have been raised about the function of D.H.S. and the integration of FEMA.