Mike Quigley: “Thank you, Chair. The chair is right; this subcommittee funds programs that impact every district in the country.”

Members know their district a hell of a lot better than we do.

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…

I would suggest the 400,000 are all in my district.

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.