Dan Webster

We are all excited on both sides of the aisle about reauthorizing the EDA.

This lack of broadband, in many areas, especially rural areas, is a serious impediment to many facets of American life, including economic development.

I want to make sure that efforts to achieve this goal do not harm existing rural broadband providers which are often small businesses themselves.

While EDA can and does fund some broadband projects, we must ensure any unnecessary hurdles are addressed so we can help more Americans get connected.

Ultimately, in many rural communities across the Nation, access to broadband internet remains a major hurdle to retaining and attracting businesses and jobs.

It was a great, great, great hearing.

Oh, we are great at that.

We also know that broadband impacts the ability of distressed communities to attract jobs and businesses across a host of other industries, including the healthcare and energy sectors.

Families in the heartland like the ones I serve rely on surface transportation not only to get to work or to run to the grocery store, but also as an economic connection to the rest of the country.

To build a strong foundation for a successful economy, our Nation requires a significant investment.

Promoting public safety also requires raising awareness of Move Over laws.

We must balance our investments in new infrastructure with making sure that our existing infrastructure is safe and reliable.

I joined with some colleagues to introduce the Infrastructure Bank for America.

I look forward to working with you in the future.

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 yet, brings about much savings, not only…

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.

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 very important to Florida.

We have seen the benefits of mitigation firsthand in Florida.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 53. Members REcorded Pursuant to House Resolution 8, 117th Congress Buchanan (LaHood) Cardenas (Gomez) DeSaulnier (Matsui) DesJarlais (Fleischmann) Deutch (Rice (NY)) Frankel…

I want to see everybody included, everybody a part of it, and no one overtreated or undertreated.

I think it would be the general, maybe, but... the largest port that is a cargo port is Tampa Bay.

Great. Yes, because it--there are 300 destinations there along I-4 and I-75 which are very close to the port.

I thank Mr. McClintock for yielding. I rise today in opposition to H.R. 737, the Shark Fin Sales Elimination Act. As a Floridian and member of the House Natural Resources Committee, promoting shark conservation has long been a priority of…

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