Mike Quigley: “I get it. But there are some things, and I think you just pointed to one of them, where the secretaries can act…”

In communities across the country, including Chicagoland, urban flooding has a unique ability to wreak havoc in our communities, leaving Americans feeling helpless in the aftermath.

The only thing that you can do now to cement that for all time and prevent utter catastrophe is to step down and let someone else do this.

We have to be honest with ourselves that it wasn't just a horrible night.

Now what? Yesterday, this body was prepared to pass a bipartisan spending bill to carry us into the new year and the new Congress. It was imperfect, yet it met many of our country's critical needs, especially disaster relief. Then, the…