Alcee Hastings: “I am asking Members to vote ``no,'' not to stop consideration of the Sensenbrenner bill; but so we can receive our own…”

How do you plan to use your chairmanship to advance the goals of this declaration?

Our inaction on resiliency planning and preparation, our inaction on investing in building stronger communities today, costs taxpayers and all of us money.

continued investment in restoration and resiliency projects is needed to ensure South Florida's ecosystem will be healthy and prosperous for future generations.

As is clear, I and Bill Johnson are from south Florida, and I know that hurricanes ruin lives, displace people from their homes, their jobs, and their communities.