Mark Begich actually said...

"I mean, there's not enough resource we are putting into this kind of research, is that a fair statement?"

"By mitigating the future, by moving those homes, we prevented the homes you rebuilt from being flooded."

"So the real-time forecasting, and this is very interesting what you are talking about, because I can imagine NOAA folks are just ecstatic about this kind of information that they can get their hands o..."

"When there are floods or there are lack of resources now coming because of erosion or flood or other activities, they are unable to survive."