"We don't have the money. We are mortgaging our children, our grandchildrens', our great grandchildrens', future."
"Every working family could receive $70,000 in cash tax free. You think maybe that would have helped American working families?"
"It is insane."
"Some of us are quite passionate about actually preserving our republic and restoring our constitutional rights and freedoms and restoring fiscal responsibility to this body."
"The Port of Lake Charles, if they can't recover, the economic recovery of the entire region is impacted and, indeed, the Nation."
"I have had some very positive interactions with FEMA, so let me mention a compliment because it can work when we work together."
"The economic prosperity of the entire State and, indeed, the Nation is impacted based upon our performance here together."
"I am going to ask our Chairlady to allow entry into the official record a letter from the Port of Lake Charles referencing those pending and languishing applications."
"I am concerned that there is too much focus on issues like climate resilience while other needed areas of reform go unaddressed."
"the overall message that I hear from the citizens that I serve and the communities that I represent is quite negative regarding FEMA and their interactions with FEMA."
"We continue to hear the pain of our small businesses that we know are the backbone of our economy."