Sam Graves actually said...

"The flooding in my district is ongoing, making it difficult for us to move to full recovery mode."

"Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I want to thank you very much for having this hearing, and I wish that HUD were sitting here as well because they are very topical to this."

"I hope today we can hear how FEMA and EDA are working to get help out quickly to communities hit by disaster and how we can ensure rural and farming communities can recover faster and better."

"But if you're in the 2-week period, then you're in trouble and it's a real problem, and it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever given the reforms that we passed in the Disaster Recovery Reform Act tha..."