Garret Graves actually said...

I want to tell you, General, you and I have had some very candid conversations.

We created the coordinating entity at the state level, and we blew up parts of five state agencies.

Substantial time and effort is spent considering what do we fund locally and what is too large to fund locally.

It is unacceptable that states are exposing its citizens to danger by ignoring the realities of climate resilience.