The human toll is one of the greatest I've seen in anything.

I think it was--the incident was the 11th. The 24th is--was that the date that you finalized the shelter-in-place program?

Most disturbing to me is--and again, we went through this fiasco with the trailers that had formaldehyde, but we knew we had to have shelter for people.

This is not an acceptable solution.

The economic impact in this region is going to be devastating.

People are left in limbo because they don't know if they can rebuild their homes.

Well, again, when I go to FEMA, they say: Well, we have to wait on the State to have their plan.

We need to have a roundtable as soon as possible and find out how it could go so wrong.

We've got some SBA issues. We've got--and I'm concerned about, too, I've gotten reports of possible fraud in some of the claims for food stamps and assistance, how that's being monitored.

Mr. Graves and Mr. Richmond and the Louisiana delegation need to immediately address the leadership.

By Monday at close of business, I want to see from FEMA what's missing.

The Federal response was just unacceptable with housing.

I can't imagine, as a Member of Congress, having this level of devastation in my district.

They're trying to exclude, instead of include.

This is a pitiful Federal response by any measure.

That's unacceptable. These people need help.

The Federal Government should use additional specific guidance to State regulators on plans on how to implement the Federal parity law, identify parity violations, and enforce the law in both public and private insurance.

Madam Speaker, this sad news came to me this past weekend that the relatively long and extraordinarily productive and impactful life of Phyllis Schlafly had come to an end at the age of 92. I got to know Phyllis throughout the political…