"What message do you have to the American family that can't afford to make ends meet, and many of the policies that are coming out of the Department of the Interior are actually contributing to that as a result of higher gasoline and utility prices?"
"So, you are not answering my question, and I think we both understand the answer is, no, these are not in the Stafford Act."
"why should taxpayers, in a Nation that's drowning in debt, trust your Agency with more taxpayer dollars?"
"I couldn't be more supportive of mitigation and resiliency efforts when they make sense."
"I will agree with you, climate is a risk, it is a threat. It is not the only one."
"I hear administration officials coming down to Louisiana and talking about sea rise and our risk all the time."
"But I guess it's really difficult for me to understand how to reconcile the two things, that we are the most impacted State and sea rise is going to destroy our State."
"Can you tell me where in the Stafford Act those three objectives are?"
"I appreciate your answer. It is not answering the question, though."
"Louisiana has lost 2,000 square miles of our coast. It's like wiping the State of Rhode Island off the map."
"I would strongly urge you to think about the problem you are causing for the next administration and the one after."