Sam Graves actually said...

"I think that study after study indicate otherwise, that if you make principled investments in resiliency, that you end up saving money."

"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."