Thank you, Madam Chairman. I will go ahead and introduce this panel as our staff sort of swaps out the nameplates and resets the microphones, etc.
Can you tell us why you have gone to the Shaded Zone X?
If my constituents are frustrated, that means I am frustrated.
I think what troubles me about this is there is not a very big change.
You said in your opening statement that you think the Mississippi River and Tributaries, MR&T, should either be exempted from the flood mapp...
So the communities paid for that out of their resources, whatever.
To mitigate flood risk in residential risk areas, property owners and residents are encouraged to consider flood insurance and floodproofing...
What does that mean to a community? A lot of communities have passed an ordinance that has been drafted by FEMA.
Isn't that the 500-year floodplain?
If someone is in the Shaded Zone X area and they decide to buy insurance...how is that premium set?
It should not take the personal intervention of a U.S. Senator for FEMA and the Army Corps to work together to hear from folks and to come u...