That is why I introduced a discussion draft for today's hearing, Mr. Chairman that would modernize FHA's ability to finance multifamily housing construction around the country.

That is what my bipartisan HELPER Act is, and we look forward to working with the Committee on that.

I will be reintroducing my bipartisan NFIP Re Act, and I appreciate the Chairman is going to be having a hearing on flood insurance, which is critically important.

Russia's war in Ukraine is driving up food, fertilizer, and energy costs all over the globe.

Climate change is fueling record floods around the world from Pakistan to Nigeria and extreme droughts in Brazil and Central Asia.

We cannot and must not abandon the Sudanese people nor will insecurity deter us from our work in other parts of the continent and other places in the world.

FEMA has long struggled to keep premiums affordable, but it appears that the NFIP's new rating methodology, called Risk Rating 2.0, has only made flood insurance more out of reach for working and middle-class families.

Forty-eight million people in West Africa are experiencing food insecurity.

I am sure I speak for all of us when I say how relieved I was to hear about the successful evacuation of our officials from Sudan.

The threat of state-sponsored death squads, criminal gangs, and sexual violence is driving millions and millions of people to flee their homes.

Russia's war in Ukraine is driving up food, fertilizer, and energy costs all over the globe.

Forty-eight million people in West Africa are experiencing food insecurity.

That is what my bipartisan HELPER Act is, and we look forward to working with the Committee on that.

It means that they do not have the infrastructure they need to prevent or mitigate the effects of flooding, and then when flooding occurs, often the resources are diverted to other communities.

For months the other side has held our economy hostage. Today, we have their ransom demands. This rip-off kills millions of jobs, guts working family benefits, and sabotages tax fairness. Now, I have listened today, and many times both…

I am sure I speak for all of us when I say how relieved I was to hear about the successful evacuation of our officials from Sudan.

I thank my colleague from the same class, the ranking member, for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, House Republicans are manufacturing a crisis to justify cruel cuts that will raise costs for American families, kick millions of people off their…

It means that they do not have the infrastructure they need to prevent or mitigate the effects of flooding, and then when flooding occurs, often the resources are diverted to other communities.