Gary Palmer actually said...

"If you spend the money on the front end, you save a whole lot more on the back end."

"But as you start to rebuild and the cleanup, I think we ought to approach it like an engineering company where we would pay 20 percent upfront to get the contractors on the ground, stage and everythin..."

"I think that is where we need to be is part of our overall approach to this is, in terms of mitigation, is building resiliency into the structures."

"One of the things I think we could do, if I may continue for a little bit, Madam Chairman, is working with administration is, on a situation like this, have a one-stop-shop where you get the agencies ..."