Without the mapping data, the program will always be suspect, to say the least.

The National Flood Insurance Program remains in serious trouble and is in desperate need of reform.

It is my understanding that the National Flood Insurance Program's goal of fiscal solvency... is defined as charging premiums that will generate enough revenue to cover a historical average loss year.

Were they counting beans? In other words, they wanted to count how many cases they had, they had solved...

The bill immediately eliminated subsidies on vacation homes, businesses, and severe repetitive loss properties.

There is data there if you can put it all together, and it looks like with all of the software that we have today, that could be put together if there is the political will to do it.

Every aspect of the program must undergo significant revisions.

So they failed big time in protecting the investor in both the Madoff and in the current Stanford case.

But that is no way to do business, is it?

Where was the leadership of the Enforcement Division not just in Fort Worth but at the SEC here?

Where were the--and are those same people still in Enforcement?

the Connecticut Construction Industries Association applauds your leadership and looks forward to working with the Committee to develop meaningful legislation to invest in infrastructure, create jobs and grow the economy.