Sam Graves actually said...

Helping communities build in mitigation upfront and streamlining the recovery process and reducing the bureaucracy is going to save lives an...

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

We have contractors in Louisiana that have not been paid for work in USVI because of this whole approval process and cashflow issues.

I urge you to light a fire under someone. This is wrong what y'all are doing to disaster victims.