Mike Quigley: “And as with this Committee first seems to be important.”

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.

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…

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

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