We have got to have a little bit more thought in this country, if we are going to have an insurance partnership with the...
I am disappointed that we could not reach agreement on a thoughtful way forward to reduce the deficit.
I know from personal experience that it is not just the money. It is how the money comes, under what categories, and wit...
In the past, it was difficult... to do collective oversight of Federal expenditures because there was no aggregate tally...
I will commit that we will be doing a meeting in Washington with your delegation through my subcommittee on this.
As a result of the lessons learned from the Hurricane Katrina experience, I worked to include Stafford Act reforms in th...
They need our help. And the longer they have to wait, the more they are confronted with additional problems.
I think this was one of the successes of your advocacy and the team from this region, to advocate for the $50 billion.
Well, I am very excited to hear that. And I don't know if the local officials realize what a great benefit this is to yo...
We fought very hard to get a more flexible program.
it was actually illegal to build smarter, and you received a penalty for doing so.
If you are going to live in a coastal area, it is a smart way and probably the only way to rebuild.
when a community is going through a recovery, they do not want to see yellow lights flashing.
The Netherlands does not have private insurance. Their government funds completely their flood insurance.
Without their leadership, a lot of these reforms would not have been possible.
I am not underestimating the importance of responsible insurance. It is a system that the United States uses.
I think there is not a community in the United States that is not vulnerable from something.
the Congress, as you know, provided $11.5 billion in needed FEMA funding for response and recovery for Hurricane Sandy a...
