Gary Palmer actually said...

"I don't know about my colleague from North Carolina, but I can't understand why 3 years after a disaster we're still sitting on over $200 million when there are people in desperate need for it."

"In Alabama, the debris removal cost was being handled through the Corps of Engineers. They were contracting it out to look like a single-bid contractor."

"But when you're talking about a small county and $15 million, it's not only a massive savings for the Federal Government..."

"This is something that really bothers me, is that we fund these projects, the money doesn't get spent, another storm hits, we appropriate more money, and we don't know yet what's been done to mitigate..."