"Give them the shot in the arm of confidence that this is actually going to happen."
"I think transparency is so important."
"There may not be a more vulnerable stretch of America to natural disasters than the gulf coast."
"I have lived through Katrina, and served my community in our time of need."
"We know they are coming, and we know they tend to come faster and stronger."
"Obviously, making sure that we don't have the ability to slow or damage the recovery efforts."
"Do you believe that the Stafford Act should be reviewed as well as a document that may have lived out its usefulness?"
"I know disasters. I have lived with them my entire life."
"Weak gun laws are killing children. They're killing parents and grandparents. They are killing law enforcement officers."
"Weak gun laws are killing our children. They are killing our parents, our grandparents."
"We, as a committee and as a Congress, have a responsibility to do better."