Garret Graves: “Why is Alaska more important than the Gulf Coast, and why are the western states more important than the Gulf Coast?”

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.

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

Congresswoman Peltola has been a big advocate and supporter in educating the committee and following in the footsteps of Congressman Don Young in advocating for that State.

Closed primaries, they said, distort democracy. They distort free markets.