Political Quotes

“First of all, I want to state, in response to the formaldehyde issue, let me be very clear, formaldehyde was a major issue after Hurricane Katrina in the trailers. We certainly learned from that, and we absolutely don't need anyone exposed to it. So I absolutely agree with the gentleman on that. But I think there have been better standards, and certainly lessons learned, from what we experienced with Hurricane Katrina when folks were in these trailers for long periods of time, and they weren't designed for that purpose, so I do agree with the gentleman there. But on this amendment, Mr. Chairman, let me be clear, this is, once again, a bipartisan amendment. We have the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Richmond), the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Higgins), the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Abraham), the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Al Green), the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Crist), and other cosponsors, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin), all supporting this amendment because it is common sense and it responds to true on-the- ground problems that were seen in the aftermath of disasters. What happens is the current law in the Stafford Act says that any time you have a flood, if you have a facility like a school, that FEMA may deduct $500,000 from the recovery for rebuilding that school. Well, what FEMA has done is they have taken the law that Congress established where it said ``per facility,'' and they have taken it and they have abused it.…”