"I am asking you if you would ask them to pay attention to the problems of that."
"There is not a single business that is left standing after that storm."
"I wanted to be here to plead for a firm commitment from the Administrator to help my district and my State given our most recent and terrifying few days last weekend."
"The governor said it looked like a bomb went off. I agree with him."
"I want to thank you at the outset here by saying that the FEMA personnel were there immediately and helping coordinate efforts all along even before a request from the governor or a declaration."
"Twenty-three people lost their lives including 18 in just my district."
"On Monday, as you know, I requested the President to approve a request by our governor for a federal emergency declaration."
"However, there are a number of countries, notably Magoffin and Martin, which remain in dire need of both individual assistance and public assistance."
"The Congress has sent a very strong message: that we must have balance in the expansion of conventional fuels--coal, natural gas, oil, nuclear--to provide energy today, with investment into renewable ..."
"They want jobs, and they want investment, and they want Washington to simply get out of the way of creating those jobs."
"It is no wonder small businesses, the lifeblood and job creators in rural areas, are petrified and they are frozen in place."
"While the goals of some regulations may be well intentioned, they seem to be implemented without regard to the burden they are placing on rural communities and small towns."