I agree with virtually all of the recommendations you all have made. But I do think that we need to recognize--and I think you affirmed this--that the states need to step up as wel...
Thank you, Madam Chair. And, Madam Chair, I want to thank you once again for holding this hearing.
I'm worried that the Majority's investigation seems to be taking a turn in a direction I don't believe is helpful and could be harmful to th...
We need to start looking at the resiliency of the tax base of these communities.
It doesn't make sense. It doesn't. And, obviously, not thoughtful policy has been progressed by this House within the last few months.
I also caution that it needs to be means-tested because we have a lot of people who don't live on the coast...
You have got to integrate an offense and a defense strategy into the Flood Insurance Program.
Our problem was we had no tools to say what these impacts looked like and then go, well, what should we be building to?
We all agree that our coastal communities are more vulnerable.
How are we going to move in a direction of resiliency when we made so much progress last year with the Disaster Recovery Reform Act?
We need to make sure that we are being thoughtful and that all the policies of this Congress are continuing to move.