I believe the folks who are actually doing the outreach try to do so in a thoughtful way and to try to respond to comments they heard.

I look forward to the day when Scott Pruitt, the head of the EPA, comes and testifies before us again.

During your time there, you found the EPA career staff are dedicated employees who want to make a difference with their lives on behalf of other people on the planet on which we live.

I would like to know if Mr. Wheeler can leave his clients and his conflicts of interest behind him and start over with the interests of the country as his No. 1 priority.

That is the way it has always worked, whether you have a Democrat or Republican President.

We have an Administration, Mr. Chairman, that has basically said to heads of various agencies they don't have to respond to oversight inquiries from anybody except the Chairman of a committee.

Do you believe that climate change is occurring that has caused temperatures to rise over the past 30 years or so and that it is primarily caused by human beings?

The leaders of every country in the world, except for the current President of the United States, accept climate science and are committed to do something about it.

One of the things we always tried to teach our Scouts was that we had an obligation to this planet.

Someone who claims that 'there are no major environmental problems' facing our country has no business developing and implementing environmental policy at a time when our nation is facing the greatest environmental threats as ever…

Incident command decisions have to be made closest to where the disaster is, not up here.

In adversity lies opportunity.

Different uniforms, same team.

The only people who do not make mistakes are people who do not do anything.

Just to follow on what the Chairman is saying, the last 100 years, 33 Category 5 hurricanes; this fall, 2 within a matter of weeks of one another.

I have deep respect for the Governor and what he is trying to do and work through.

Everything I do, I know I can do better, and if it is not perfect, make it better.

FEMA is punching above its weight, and we applaud that.

Usually it takes weeks, if not months, for a full assessment of damages to be made and an estimate of the total cost to rebuild.

When extreme weather like this hits, it is scary, it is dangerous, and it is often far more powerful than we imagined it would be.

What makes it more streamlined? What makes it more efficient? What makes it, most importantly, more effective?

What does end state look like, and what does the Nation want us to do?

I think we would have really missed an opportunity.

Our Federal Government has a moral obligation to help as well.

Why so few? That is a surprisingly low number.