So how many more deaths from generators in the aftermath of hurricanes are we going to have to see before the Consumer Product Safety Commission looking out for consumer safety finally gets around to saying, 'Enough'?

Oceans are warming and then that warm water is the fuel for these dizzying, extraordinary storms.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Hurricane Recovery Efforts

Mr. Chairman, I want to enter into the record something that would help us, a statement from 'The Washington Post,' a piece on shrinking the National Weather Service staff, and how that is inimical to our interest with regard to predicting…

The manufacturers believe that the shutoff approach will actually be more effective.

Sadly, it appears that this rule is being held up because of behind-the-scenes industry lobbying at both the CPSC and the EPA.

So, a voluntary standard would mean that the manufacturers, which is what they want, as indicated by your letter to the EPA, they want a voluntary standard, which means that the manufacturers would not do it because it is voluntary.

The devastation to Florida's infrastructure after hurricanes is one of the reasons I authored the original legislation creating the National Windstorm Impact Reduction Act.

How many more deaths in the aftermath of this hurricane are we going to have to see before we finally get the regulatory process of the U.S. Government off its posterior and start doing something about protecting the safety, in fact, of…

Let us be consistent. In fact, we know in the measurements over decades of time, not on any one storm, that the global temperatures are rising.

I am fully committed to doing everything that I can to aid my fellow Floridians and all others who have lost life and property in these storms.

It is going to take getting the military into Puerto Rico in big numbers.