Sam Graves actually said...

"Helping communities build in mitigation upfront and streamlining the recovery process and reducing the bureaucracy is going to save lives and it is going to reduce costs."

"The Federal resources are critical to helping our communities recover, and it can't get there fast enough."

"It makes little sense for us to simply rebuild the same way over and over again."

"I hope this is given full consideration as FEMA moves forward with the recovery efforts."