I think, Mr. Miller, we really have to get this straight about these lower levels that are not living spaces.

this one-size-fits-all approach on this flood insurance is not going to work. We have to have a multi-plan.

Maybe we should fire all the lawyers. That might help.

We want to make sure that the rates that people are paying reflect the fact that they aren't living at the flood level.

this program, I think people have to get a reset button on this program.

it is not a coastal issue. It is not only a coastal issue. It is an interior issue. It is a national issue.

this fee is going to drive them out.

The Senators did not believe that the bill needed to be offset. We thought this was an emergency and we voted that way.

And let me put up my favorite map again, and ask FEMA, would you please produce a map for Alaska that looks just like this, and for Hawaii?

I am going to really be pushing this subcommittee, the whole Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Banking, and the Congress to get complete and accurate flood maps done before we engage in trying to rewrite a flood insurance…

This is not just a Louisiana, Mississippi, coastal issue. The 450 counties that are most threatened produce 50 percent of the GDP of this Nation.

So I want to ask you, what has the President asked in his budget for flood maps?

We have to acknowledge we have built infrastructure we own. It is not going to go away anytime soon.

But the law does say very clearly here that it has to be in plain English.

We have to protect those investments. But we also have to make sure that as we invest in the future, as we rebuild from disasters, we are making investments for future risk, not for old data.

Thank you, Administrator Fugate, for testifying this afternoon. You have one tough job, to implement this program, which is important to the whole Nation.

This is a national issue of the highest priority.

I believe it is imperative that Congress remain active and engaged to ensure this agency and its partners have the resources they need.