"Well, NOAA and a lot of the things that are out there, this information is available."
"We are not asking the Federal Government to come up with a new regime of data collection, are we, in your proposal?"
"If there is a levee, surely the property owner should get some reduced premium because that levee is there."
"The COASTAL Act is by no means a silver bullet for all the problems associated with flood insurance and NFIP."
"We should transfer risk from the Program to the private sector to the maximum extent possible."
"It needs to be addressed in any reauthorization."
"Senator Wicker's COASTAL Act asks the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to form partnerships with private entities."
"I would also notice that the States of Montana and South Dakota have sent a great deal of water down our way this year, which we are experiencing right now."
"That is not the way the Flood Insurance Program works, and I am mystified as to why banks and NFIP do not work together to enforce this requirement as aggressively as banks enforce the other types of ..."
"The killing of Osama bin Laden, without a doubt, made the United States, in particular, and the entire world, in general, a safer place to live."
"Thank you, Chairman McCaul, for convening this hearing. I would also like to thank our witnesses for their participation, and I look forward to hearing their testimony."
"For many, the killing of bin Laden has always been the ultimate goal of the war on terror."
"Bin Laden became the personification of terrorism for us."
"The success of this mission was made possible by this administration's efforts, reliable intelligence and the surgical use of force."
"I want to publicly add my voice to the many who have commended the President, the National security team, and our uniformed forces for successfully completing a mission that began over 10 years ago."
"TVA is important to all of us because it is the Nation's largest public utility, but it is especially important to Mississippi."
"Richard understands the importance of working together at the municipal level with TVA."
"TVA is very important to the economy, not just the power generating part of it, but the job creating part."
