Garret Graves: “Thank you, Chairwoman, Ranking Member Simpson. Thank you very much for the opportunity to be here.”

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

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.

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.

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