John Mica: “FEMA should have learned from the mistakes of Katrina.”

Fifteen years later, we see a system that has not complied with the laws that we have passed multiple times.

It's destructive and not welcome.

We tried to get them to comply, but they never did fully comply.

I think it will save money and actually benefit projects that start with non-Federal dollars and can be a great advantage to some of those ports and other waterways that are at a disadvantage because of the distance of the project. So I…