Political Quotes

This bill is really important. The Water Resources Development Act authorizes all the activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Mr. Speaker, something that is really key here is that under this chairman we have been able to keep this…

In closing, this legislation is going to provide a whole lot of needed clarity to ensure that electric utilities are not penalized for acting quickly to restore power to those impacted by natural disasters. This legislation passed the…

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.

In the aftermath of a disaster, oftentimes communities will lose power. This legislation simply allows the utilities to come in and put temporary fixes in place so power can get stood back up and power can get turned back on for these…