I am going to be watching this very carefully, and we will work with our friends in Texas...
It is extremely important that we eventually get that law changed to authorize them to do that.
That is our hope and intention, and I am very pleased that we have a representative from HUD on the second panel.
It is not necessarily meant to be a Community Development Block Grant bonanza for the entire state.
FEMA has been in the business of short-term emergency housing, but I put the emphasis on 'short.'
I hope that you receive this in the spirit because that is our only tool right now at the federal level.
About 20 percent of the residents of this city, representing about 4,000 families, are yet to return to the community because of all sorts o...
Mayor, I will absolutely be in Galveston sometime soon.
We all need to do a much better job of understanding that we are in the middle of Hurricane Alley.
This senator has tried to change that law for four straight years in a row.
We also required specifically that 10 percent of this funding go for, I think, rental, affordable housing.
What we have to recognize is, unfortunately, those days of garden district storms are over with.
Making sure that FEMA is working at its optimal level, that there is coordination at the federal level that really honors and respects the h...
we insisted that the money be distributed as between states based on damage
I think it is a relatively small number.
I have long wanted to come to Galveston as a resident of New Orleans and as a senator now from the State of Louisiana into my third term.
we have subsequently passed at least one law that will help, and if we can expand it, it would cover that instance where we have required FE...
we insisted that one-third of the funds be dispersed within 60 days
