We are going to take a very close look at the recommendations that you have made in your report and weave them into the ...
One of the things that helped the people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast feel more normal as quickly as possible was get...
I cannot do any of this going forward without the Disaster Recovery Fund being replenished with supplemental
Should we look at a more specific Disaster Block Grant that either HUD or FEMA could issue that might be a little bit mo...
I think some of the people that I represent are still shocked to know that some of the temporary housing in trailers... ...
If we had more mayors like you, we wouldn't have nearly the problems that we have.
for every dollar invested in mitigation projects, the Federal Government saves four dollars in averted disaster assistan...
Thank you, Mr. Bolden, as you know, a lot of our concerns are about the capability of the commercial sector to do what w...
It is a very important hearing.
the law, I understand, not policy, limits the disaster loans to $5 million.
Banning offshore drilling will not keep industry workers safe and it won't prevent our shores from the threat of an oil ...
Another big concern, Mr. McKay, as you can imagine, is using as much local labor and assets in the response as possible ...
between the task of stopping the flow and cleaning up the oil, there is a critical challenge that I am very focused on w...
The problem is in practice we are seeing a lot of cases where it is not happening.
it is an order of magnitude difference.
Clearly, we need to learn an enormous amount from these events, and significant changes will have to be made to Federal ...
I think is a mistake, and I think by definition is pulling some amount of focus and resources away from that ongoing dis...
This incident is clearly a major human disaster, and again, I repeat, my heart and prayers go out with all of ours to th...
