Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, we are quickly approaching the beginning of disaster season in the United States. While many natural disasters occur without warning, we can say with certainty that tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, and flooding will damage communities across our Nation in the coming 6 months. Just this week, the residents of North Dakota and Minnesota are breathing a sigh of relief as the Red River flood crested. In my own State of Colorado, throughout our history we have suffered our fair share of destruction by wildfire, tornados, hailstorms, and flooding. In the gentlewoman Ms. Foxx's district, for instance, a major disaster was declared just this year due to severe winter storms and flooding. We don't know where and we don't know when natural disasters will occur, but our Federal response and relief officials must prepare nonetheless.”