But I want to be clear that the Congress has charged you with that responsibility.

It is not OK that we can't explain it. It is not OK that FEMA tries to hide behind this proprietary model.

This lack of transparency, it is not OK.

Following inquiries from House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves and Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Chairman Tom Carper, DOT committed to filing the charter and publishing a notice in the Federal Register for the Advisory Board by the end of September, which it did, finally initiating progress on this requirement.

The Agencies wasted valuable time and resources by prioritizing the promulgation of a rule over the first two years of the Biden Administration; that is now clearly unlawful.

Notably, this Administration ignored our repeated admonitions that the Agencies should wait until the Supreme Court acted to proceed.

Letter from Sam Graves, Chairman, H. Comm. on Transp. and Infrastructure and Scott Perry, Chairman, Subcomm. on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Mgmt, H. Comm. on Transp. and Infrastructure to The Hon. Pete Buttigieg, Sec'y, Dep't of Transp.

In implementing the Court's decision, the Agencies must adhere to the majority opinion and not slow-walk compliance with the decision.

I look forward to hearing from both of our witnesses today about the difference this budget certainty has made for them in developing and sustaining programs.

To my colleagues on this committee representing gulf communities, I share the frustration you and your constituents have undoubtedly experienced.

I celebrate the return of this service--and note that it took three years to restore.