We have to understand what the actual infrastructure needs of airports are.

I appreciate your willingness to work with me to make sure disaster relief is being spent on the victims of natural disasters who need assistance.

The people affected by the 2017 disasters as has probably been stated, still haven't seen a single dollar from HUD in most cases.

In 2018, the HUD IG released an audit entitled, 'HUD's Office of Block Grant Assistance Had Not Codified the Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Program.'

I want to thank the HUD OIG for its work to identify vulnerabilities in this important program.

What can we do to expedite the process so we can get these dollars to the people who really need the help rebuilding their lives?

FEMA has to be speaking with SBA, with HUD, with the State, and local, everyone needs to be coordinating.

Can you summarize why you think codifying the program would lead to better outcomes, please?

And last year I introduced a bill with Representative Massie on this.

Thank you for the question, Congressman Graves.

So those who need the assistance the fastest are delayed by a year, 2 years, depending upon how long it takes to set up.

The cost of doing nothing is high, and we are already paying for it at the risk of harming the economic well-being of our community airports.

No one denies that much of our Nation's infrastructure is crumbling, but I do think aviation is a little bit different.

We are going to need a lot of imagination to deal with the issues that are coming forward, a lot of good thinking about what is going--about how we solve the problems with rural health.

I regrettably missed votes on Thursday, March 14, 2019. I had intended to vote ``yes'' on rollcall vote No. 125.

I applaud Chairman Clayton and look forward to a finalized SEC rule very soon that will create a best interest standard for broker-dealers that benefits the most vulnerable consumers.

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