Is it true that a sequester of $1 billion could result in FEMA having to shut down some disaster rebuilding processes or...
sequester is a real threat, in my mind, to this whole effort.
the Congress, as you know, provided $11.5 billion in needed FEMA funding for response and recovery for Hurricane Sandy a...
I am going to put them on notice today.
If you are going to live in a coastal area, it is a smart way and probably the only way to rebuild.
Well, the Congress can mandate them to do so. I will be very interested in doing that.
it was actually illegal to build smarter, and you received a penalty for doing so.
the last thing I want to see in America is that the only people who can live within a few blocks of the beach are people...
President Obama signed the Executive order creating the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force on December 7, 2012.
So your annual budget is $82 million, and you have $291 million in damage.
I could spend $1.6 billion in Louisiana alone on actual Army Corps of Engineers projects that must be done to mitigate a...
The Federal Government has $1.6 billion for the entire country for new construction for the Army Corps of Engineers.
to spend taxpayer money smartly, again rebuilding these communities for the future, not rebuilding past communities.
Smarter designs, better materials can withstand some of these storms up to 150, sometimes 200-mile-an-hour winds.
Thirteen years ago, there was a project for $89 million that was authorized. Had it been funded, you would have saved yo...
I am very concerned about the impact sequestration will have on the Nation and in particular the Hurricane Sandy rebuild...
And you can also, for new building, we have a lot of slabs that were built that should not have been built, but they wer...
I am urging FEMA to extend temporary assistance for 120 days to eliminate that worry and anxiety.
