On August 29, Hurricane Ida made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour.

Of course, the Federal Government made substantial investments in shoring up our levee system, and it made a big difference in this hurricane.

It's very difficult in the sweltering months of August to be without power, for senior citizens, for people with disabilities, for our young people.

But we know with climate change, warmer waters bring stronger storms, and we should endeavor to do better than we did from previous years as we did after Katrina.

What can we do to create an appeal process for a person that may have made an innocent mistake or accident in their filing are not summarily rejected?

We are hopeful as we build back better, we continue to buildupon mistakes of the past.

I am grateful for the opportunity. I stand in support of this CR. This measure will provide $28.6 billion in emergency funds for communities and Federal agencies affected by the recent hurricanes, wildfires, and other natural disasters…

My question is for Dr. Daigneault. I am interested to hear more about the climate solutions that forest provides. Forests provide important ecosystems services such as sequestering carbon.

There were over a dozen instances in the past 10 years in which members of the Louisiana State Police ignored or concealed evidence of beatings and interfered with efforts to root out misconduct. The videos show extremely distressing…

I was in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina made landfall. In the aftermath, the community came together with Federal and State partners to invest in a regional levee system to protect the New Orleans area from major flooding. Sixteen…

We should use our infrastructure dollars to put our powerlines underground and build back better so we can be able to be much more resilient going forward.

if there was something that was bipartisan, that was not tied to party, infrastructure is just that.

I thank the chairwoman for her incredible leadership on this very critical and important legislation. Madam Speaker, I rise today because I support this bill and the commonsense amendment that I have for it. I thank the chairwoman for her…

I would like to thank Chairman Scott for the time that he has put in on this incredible piece of legislation, and thank Representative Davis for the work done to put together this important work. As my colleagues today have said, this is a…

I include in the Record a letter of support from The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights dated June 22, 2021, asking for a yes vote on the Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, H.R. 2062. The Leadership…

What are the plans for obviously making sure that we have access to broadband in those areas where there is no infrastructure?

And we know that, under the current guise of COVID, COVID taught us that we will be relying much more on distant learning in classrooms, technology for businesses.

I thank the Congresswoman so much for her incredible leadership on this issue and so many others. We appreciate all that she does, and we appreciate her steadfast and steady hand of guidance and leadership for the people of America. Madam…

I feel the frustration of all of the Members here.

I applaud your efforts.

What plans, if any, do we have to address perhaps in the next round of resources to assist small businesses?

I would like to once again thank Representative and Chairman Velazquez for governing this meeting as smoothly as you have.

I thank Mr. Scalise for his very kind words and wonderful introduction. First, a very special thanks to my wife, Ana, who is behind me, my children, my family, my team, my friends, and all of my amazing supporters. No one runs for office…