We have lost all the gains made in June and announcing some numbers that rival our peak back in April.

You cannot distribute money before you have it. We don't have it because the grant agreement----

I am not certain, as I sit here today, how many of our homeowners are not at home.

I want to share with Chairman Smith that I am so grateful for his remarks today on the floor. He beat me to the punch, but it has been a pleasure both to work on the committee since the beginning of my time here in the Congress. It is the…

My Lord and my wife have forgiven me. So I'm going to move on.

I come to the floor today because it does seem that this amendment and the others that are being offered underscore a problem that I didn't think we were going to have with the reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act. We…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment, though I am not opposed to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Maryland is recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection.

I think the manufactured housing unit program has been too slow. It hasn't been responsive.

I appreciate the fact that Chairman Chaffetz was here. And I also want to thank Congressman Richmond and Congressman Graves.

Louisiana's housing need is projected to exceed $1.2 billion alone, with an outlook of $3 billion in economic loss.

I will tell you it's the fastest it's ever been done, and by a long shot.

The Stafford Act is insufficient.

I join with Congressman Graves in requesting $125 million in funding for the Corps of Engineers...

I also believe that it is critically important to address the social service needs of Louisiana families...

To put the truly historic nature of this flood into perspective, south Louisiana received more rain in 48 hours than the Mississippi River discharges into the Gulf of Mexico in 18 days.

It really is hard to imagine what the people of Louisiana are going through without seeing it for yourself.

I'm calling on Congress, respectfully requesting Congress to support a supplemental appropriation of $2 billion for Community Development Block Grant funds.

Louisiana will move forward. The resilient spirit of our people will never cease to amaze me.

I'm also asking Congress to clear the $724 million backlog of Federal Highway Administration emergency relief funding.

As of right now, there have been more than 20,000 people rescued from their homes in and around southern Louisiana.

Here we are, House Democrats, right here in the House, ready to work. Where are House Republicans? Well, they have escaped for 52 days without taking care of the Nation's business. That's right, escaped--you know, left, fled, absconded…

And I'm urging everyone to remain peaceful. One thing is for sure, another violent act or destruction of property is not the answer.

Years before coming to Congress, as many of my colleagues know, I cofounded and served as the executive director of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Twenty years ago, we worked with a bipartisan Congress to pass the Domestic…

Our Nation is still horrified and heartbroken over the brutal act of terror and hate that killed 49 and wounded many more in Orlando, Florida, just over a week ago. We stand in solidarity with the loved ones of those who were lost, with…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 200.