I want to close my remarks by also warning the residents who have been affected by these storms of the many scams that have already arisen.

You shouldn't be exchanging business cards during a disaster.

We are learning how being prepared today can make the difference between safety and danger, and in many cases literally the difference between life and death.

Older adults matter.

we had done much better planning. In fact, our hospitals had returned to normal functioning.

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Wyoming.

the cost of health insurance has been a major problem with the Affordable Care Act and with many of the bills which have been advanced to repeal and replace this law. I rise to introduce the Lower Premiums Through Reinsurance Act of 2017…

As the then Chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, along with Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, I led a bipartisan investigation into the response to Hurricane Katrina at the federal, state, and local levels.

We have expanded our efforts to improve emergency preparedness and response across the entire country, and we have emphasized the protection of the most vulnerable.

We should take that motto to heart, and from this hearing today I can see the huge amount of progress that has been made since I conducted that investigation so many years ago into the very inconsistent and in some ways failed response to…

It was evident to me in rereading it that we have learned many of the lessons of Katrina, but we still have a long ways to go.

Senators Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio, Bob Casey, and Susan Collins have introduced the Protecting Seniors During Disasters Act.

over the past several weeks, there have been real discussions--bipartisan discussions about fixing the problems in the Affordable Care Act, about controlling the growth of premiums, about being sure that there is some certainty in the…

It's really unacceptable, in this day and age, with the technology that we have, to have something like this happen.

The second question is, Don't we have sailors on the bridge with binoculars anymore?

Do we need to be talking about increasing the capacity of the maintenance yards to cut down on that time off the ocean, if you will?

But, if we're doing--if we're executing on every ounce of capacity, and it's not adequate, sounds to me like we need more capacity.

I mean, can you give me an answer, specifically? Aren't there radar systems on these ships that would detect anything within the range?