Political Quotes

“I would like to express congratulations to the ranking member on her taking over as the ranking member of the Housing Subcommittee. Mr. Chairman, I have always known Chairman Frank to never shy away from a debate. I appreciate his acknowledgement that he would have liked to have had the opportunity to debate the amendments that were not made in order. I know how concerned he was about that and it shows by his vote on the floor. So I really appreciate that. He has always been ready, willing and able to know what the opposition is and their concerns and to debate that. Mr. Chairman, Chairman Frank and I did introduce H.R. 1682 earlier. That was the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007. That was to address the much-needed reforms to NFIP, the Nation's largest single-line property insurance provider. Unfortunately, the legislation before us today, I think, jeopardizes our commitment to enact these reforms because it does couple H.R. 1682 with H.R. 920, which is Representative Taylor's bill. We all know how sincere he is about this much-needed reform. But it does add wind to the National Flood Insurance Program. I really am concerned about this. We had several hearings. Witness after witness testified that adding wind to the flood insurance program was not a good idea.”