Val Demings: “The Honorable Val Butler Demings, a Representative in Congress From the State of Florida, and Chairwoman, Subcommittee…”

We are here to discuss communities that are most at-risk during disasters and struggle to recover properly from their effects.

We've just got to make sure that we improve our resiliency, cut some of the red tape so we can make people whole again, repair, restore some of the bridges and roadways that are completely closed.

More needs to be done for underserved communities, especially since we keep seeing the pattern of people left without the assistance they need.

One and one-half years. The SPEAKER. When we have recalcitrant Members these days, I try to remind them that unless the legislative body is a team sport, then you cannot come here to be an individual and build a brand. That is not what…