Sam Graves actually said...

"In light of the disasters this year, I think we should be focusing on making sure our committee's disaster reform efforts are working."

"Instead of working on disaster preparedness or any other of the countless number of infrastructure items that are clearly more important than this, like fixing roads and bridges, we are instead going ..."

"We used to hear over and over and over again when Republicans were in the majority, why aren't we doing infrastructure?"

"Instead, today's hearing is going to be nothing more than a political spectacle and a chance for the President's opponents to try to undermine him."