Alejandro Mayorkas: “I commit to you, Senator, and to this entire Committee that I will work with personnel in the Department...”

We need Congress to act swiftly to fund what should be a nonpartisan, apolitical phenomenon, and that is providing relief to all individuals with respect to the impacts of these extreme weather events.

There is no facts underlying these assertions. They are extremely damaging.

I have said now repeatedly it is a crisis.

We need those funds to increase to enable local communities to protect and guard themselves.