I commend Chairman Payne for his bill, the Homeland Security for Children Act, which would ensure that children's needs ...
It is unfortunate that FEMA has decided not to participate today. Their absence undermines the subcommittee's ability to...
Underserved populations are more susceptible to the risks associated with disasters and following disasters, and it is s...
Senator Elizabeth Warren and I requested the Government Accountability Office review the impact Federal disaster program...
This should make sense to nobody, in my opinion.
I am going to be voting no, but I just want to explain why I am voting no...
I would be willing to work with you on this bill to make this bill better and, quite frankly, more expansive...
Their refusal undermines the work of this committee, which is exercising its oversight responsibilities.
I am not convinced at this point that we are anywhere near a capacity in Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
We have to stand up to the President. We cannot allow him to believe that he can do all of these things with impunity.
Political expediency is no longer the order of the day.
This probably was not a wise choice to implement this in a situation so far away from the mainland.
This level of disrespect is contagious, and it is infecting the body politic in the United States of America.
It is a sad day for our country when we see this kind of disrespect.
So much of what I have heard and seen in my visit to Puerto Rico, especially, in many instances FEMA has been missing in...
It is disrespectful to our witnesses from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who have traveled here today to inform...
Do you believe that you are an American entitled to the same benefits, a citizen entitled to the same benefits and right...
There shouldn't be Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands response. There should be an American response.
