Politics

I appreciate your consideration of our concerns.

We thank Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15) and Senator Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY) for sponsoring this important legislation...

Trust but verify is probably a good notion to employ.

As a Member from New York City, this is obviously of great importance to me.

Ultimately, there is no substitute for Federal legislation.

This is a committee here in the House of Representatives that works in a bipartisan fashion. Emergency management shouldn't be partisan.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

But, Mr. Werfel, with all due respect, isn't that the sort of the old phrase that Ronald Reagan used, 'We are from the government, we are just here to help?' I mean, it is not free.

Your team has actually been great in communicating with me.

I remind everyone every single Republican in Congress voted against the Inflation Reduction Act and against funding for the IRS to do its job.

I have got to tell you, from a standpoint of formerly being in the private sector, and have--while I was present, I was not in the operation at the time of going through the early days of the pandemic.

I have a fixation that the adoption of technology is the ultimate solution here.

As Tom Suozzi would say, the facts are the facts.

However, we continue to look at programs and we tend to look at hold-ups in it.

Unfortunately, the majority seems to think that the IRS budget is a slush fund to pay for every program that they want to pass and put into law.

I would be happy to get your report.

I just want to thank you for your efforts, and we will do all we can to resist the efforts to undermine the progress that you are making.

I want a roll call vote on that.