Daniel Webster actually said...

"I am pleased to serve as ranking member of this subcommittee, look forward to working closely with the chair on issues critical to this subcommittee, including resiliency and mitigation, which are ver..."

"We know mitigation saves lives, and reduces property damages and disaster costs. Study after study shows, as the chairman said, that for every $1 invested in mitigation, $4 to $11 are saved."

"Ultimately, the real solution to lowering disaster costs is upfront investment in mitigation, which the chair talked about, hardening of existing structures, which is sometimes very economical, and ye..."

"We can't continue to throw good money after bad by simply rebuilding infrastructure and communities year after year rather than building and rebuilding to withstand and last."