When you can show me that this project is fully funded and we have a private investor.

What is critical to communities and people devastated by a disaster is not only the initial response but also how quickly people can rebuild and get back to normalcy.

As a Representative from California, my constituents and I know very, very well how important it is to plan and prepare for disasters.

I support passage of this legislation and urge all of my colleagues to do the same. With that, I yield back the balance of my time.

Let me first start by saying I am proud that we have got another bipartisan bill here that addresses many different areas from FEMA to IPAWS. Getting the tribal language in here, I think, is not only a good bipartisan effort, but one that…

This bill in no way authorizes FEMA or anyone else to impose any obligations on any participant in the communications industry. Only the FCC can require a participant in the communications industry to take any action with respect to…

But if you are going to champion the fact that our businesses are shutting down and that people are not able to afford gas to put in their car, that that is somehow some kind of great record, it is not the kind of record I want to have in…

It is just outrageous, especially in the times we face today, that the judiciary, along with the GSA, has not put these kinds of practices in place to save the taxpayers money.

I would prefer to see, if new construction was going to move forward, that you would actually move out of the million-plus lease square footage that we have around here.

I can appreciate the GSA is finally taking the position that they want to dispose of the property. But when it is just a made-up proposal--I mean, these are just some basic numbers.

That seems to me to be a violation of the law, and the judiciary is going along with this, as GSA is, and they are blatantly ignoring the will of Congress.

I believe part of your responsibility as stewards of the taxpayer dollars is to push back and push back hard