Romney Comments on Katrina Response, Homeland Security

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Amid a tour of southern New Hampshire, Romney contrasted the private-based universal health care system he created as governor in Massachusetts with government health expansions advocated by some Democrats, saying to laughter, "The last thing I want is the guys managing the Katrina cleanup managing my health care system."

He also said one of President Bush's signature domestic security achievements — the formation of the Department of Homeland Security — created "one big bureaucracy" rife with inefficiency and in need of major restructuring.

"There is such duplication in Washington that you'd really like to take the place apart and put it back together, just smaller and simpler and smarter," Romney told about 100 people attending a coffee-and-doughnuts gathering at a cinema in Pelham.

Romney said he would shift homeland security dollars from equipment grants for first responders to prevention through intelligence, in particular supporting and expanding the FBI's intelligence-gathering capabilities.

Well said, governor. Keep things small, simple, and smart.