"California is one of the economic engines of this country."
"To always bash on California as a cheap political stunt is just that."
"We have offered the gentleman from Louisiana help."
"If we are going to make real progress we have to have some common understanding of this problem."
"Who hurts? Who suffers? Low-income communities suffer."
"We should always take what people say with a little bit of a grain of salt."
"Thank you for speaking truth, because I know in this hearing it doesn't feel like it."
"These companies are skilled at deceiving our country, deceiving our residents."
"I am tired of it. I am tired of--I mean, four times I saw basements flooded in just one home."
"I intend to work, as vice chair of the Environmental Justice Subcommittee on this House Oversight Committee."
"We know that this lack of access--we have heard it over and over again as Members of Congress--to traditional capital has made it incredibly difficult for women and minority entrepreneurs to stand up ..."
"I have seen firsthand how disasters like flooding can devastate our communities and the inequities in how those communities access and qualify for disaster relief."