I know that the chairman says that in Pennsylvania they have expended all of their resources at the State level and the local level to do the matching that is necessary for the Federal Government.

Are there opportunities for new funding for new infrastructure to incentivize areas in resiliency?

The U.S. Territories have been subjected to substantial infrastructure funding cuts over the last 25 years.

I especially want to thank you for coming to the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and to all the places that you visited that have been affected by the 2017 hurricane season.

Has the Army Corps had meetings with other Federal agencies to coordinate plans and make other preparations for the possibility of what the season may look like?

The Army Corps were staggeringly slow in installing the blue tarp roofs on houses that were seriously damaged by hurricanes.

The Army Corps performs a very important role throughout our country, from issuing permits that balance economic development and environmental protection to assisting with the Federal Government's response to natural disasters.

But do you understand, when you say in the past, you make it sound like it was two years ago when it was actually just a couple of months ago.

Does the White House infrastructure plan include considerations particularly for States and other areas to have found that the Federal investment on hazard mitigation has a six-to-one return on investment?

A big issue for agriculture in our island territory is lack of data, in part because the local agriculture offices have limited means to collect data chronically.

We would appreciate that. It has been a real issue for us over the years.

Because of that, we have been treated disproportionately and unfairly in the ways that some of this funding has come about. In addition, the bill does not include important local cost-share waivers for the Virgin Islands and contains…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding time to me. Mr. Speaker, at this moment I would like to speak on behalf of the people who I represent, the people of the Virgin Islands. I am thankful that this House has decided that they wanted to…

Last week, the full committee ranking member, Elijah Cummings, sent a letter to both the Energy Department and the Interior Departments requesting the names of the task force members.

I think that it is very important that the public know who is on the task force, the perspectives and backgrounds.

I just want to say my heart goes out to your community.

I may be one of the few Democrats who believe that we have maybe more regulations than are necessary.

At President's Trump's direction, political appointees at Federal agencies are repealing regulations that protect the health, environment, and pocketbooks of average Americans.