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 th...
We know that the Federal Government wastes tens of billions of dollars each year in improper payments--what we don't kno...
This isn't just a problem for the 7 percent or the 450 counties, it is not just coastal issue, it is an interior issue, ...
The need, the stakes for accurate and reliable flood maps could not be greater.
A lot of that is in South Mississippi. Senator Cochran knows this.
I am going to really be pushing this subcommittee, the whole Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Banking, and ...
This is not just a Louisiana, Mississippi, coastal issue. The 450 counties that are most threatened produce 50 percent o...
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 ...
Thank you, Administrator Fugate, for testifying this afternoon. You have one tough job, to implement this program, which...
This is a national issue of the highest priority.
