the FEMA we had during Katrina and Rita was a FEMA that just didn't work.

To put this on the homeowner is--it's sad. It's sad. They built their homes according to the plans at the time.

How do I get people $33,000 very fast?

If they make a mistake, it's the locals making a mistake. Let's actually give them the ability to make decisions.

It's upon government to at least help to replace the bricks and the mortar, the value that that home carries in terms of the wealth it leaves to the next generation.

Modular units, I think, could get there faster. They can be part of a permanent solution sometimes.

Our Louisiana delegation should unanimously request from the President a supplemental.

it makes no sense to me that we would spend $60,000 to $80,000 to bring in a trailer.

Is there a prohibition that prevents money towards going to a permanent housing solution, not temporary, permanent?

So why is the average $8,000? Everyone lost clothing. Everyone lost bedroom sets and TVs and all of these other things.

We have to give FEMA the benefit of the doubt that the decisions they make during a storm are right and proper.

The three problems or areas I see that are the most frustrating: One is speed, the speed in which things are getting done; two, people having decisionmaking authority being in the places they need to be; and, three, deference to our local…

Why is the average coming out somewhere around $8,000?

I think most of us as Americans certainly do support the Second Amendment. I do.

But this whole idea of our right is somewhat going amok in many cases.

We want to exercise our Second Amendment rights, but at the same time too there are going to have to be some real hard decisions and legislation made.

I can't get my head around, as a police chief, that you can be on the terrorist watch list and legally purchase a weapon.

We have held, of course, zero hearings on gun violence.

Thank you for holding this hearing to examine how the Department conducts vulnerability assessments for our Nation's critical infrastructure.

Rome is burning, there's blood on the streets of many American cities, and we are beating this email horse to death.

I'm very fearful that there will be bloodshed on the streets and that people will start to take it into their own hands.

I would just ask, formally ask--and I can do it in writing also--that we initiate a pattern and practice investigation on the Baton Rouge Police Department.

Black Lives Matter is not a hashtag; it is an imperative.

I implored this Committee to do something, to have a hearing, to respond to the deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.

I thank the ranking member for yielding me the time today. Let me just say that we face a very serious problem in this country, and when you face a very serious problem, it deserves a serious, thoughtful response that actually goes toward…