Garret Graves: “I think if you could get a lower rate in the private sector, let's let you get a lower rate.”

The Federal Government used to just throw billions and billions of dollars in the aftermath of a disaster and didn't pay appropriate attention, in my opinion, on the front end of what we can do to actually avert disasters.

The reason that we purchased Alaska was largely the geography, as well as the natural resources, and the abundance of that State is profound and just critically important.

I don't have any more speakers, I am prepared to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

All of these groups are supporting this bill and urging a ``no'' vote on the other bill, H.R. 5342.