"In my heart of hearts, there is no way the world gets its act together on climate change unless the U.S. leads."
"Nuclear power is the most reliable energy source and it is not even close."
"Yet while you are here advocating, as we all are, for affordable housing, our Federal Government, through FEMA, is working as hard as it can to increase the cost of flood insurance."
"To build a home, of course, I think we can agree, this requires money, and the people who loan that money, of course, expect to be paid back."
"Despite their left-of-center politics, elected officials make it very difficult... to build affordable housing."
"So people, when they buy a home, working people, poor and middle class... it costs so much that their home becomes their 401[k]."
"Why don't you take a look at what FEMA is doing to the cost of building an affordable home in America?"
"Thank you, Madam Chair."
"The Mississippi River and Tributaries Project has prevented more than $1.5 trillion in flood damages since 1928."
"It just makes no sense to me if we can quantify the losses that would be prevented by building a flood control project that we wouldn't make that one of the determining factors in the cost-benefit ana..."
"If you have this ability and I believe you do, I'm not suggesting this isn't accurate, I'm very grateful that this is accurate, and I'm very grateful to the Corps."
"What are we going to do about that?"