Sam Graves

I am concerned that despite an ever-growing mission set and ever-increasing mission complexity, the Coast Guard's budget request for the 'Procurement, Construction and Improvement' Account is yet again being slashed in the President's…

The certainty is really important.

This committee is about working together for the good of America's infrastructure.

It is absolutely critical that the ultimate investigation reports be released as quickly as possible.

To close. Mr. Speaker, in closing, the Resilient AMERICA Act does support the communities by investing in premitigation efforts, and these efforts are going to save lives. It is going to save taxpayer dollars by lowering costs of future…

The NTSB plays an important role in ensuring safety across all modes of transportation.

I thank Chairman DeFazio for working with us on this bill as we have all seen the effects of disaster in our districts and across America. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of this bipartisan legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time…

I urge support of this legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 1345 Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as she may consume to the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. Titus), the chair of the subcommittee.

He fiercely fought for Alaska, and how fiercely he fought for the people of Alaska.

Unfortunately, what we continue to see on the ground is a slow and confusing process of rebuilding after a disaster.

I am having a lot of trouble understanding how you can be talking about equity and addressing marginalized or underserved communities whenever FEMA is thrusting--administratively--is thrusting these types of actions on our constituents.

There is no transparency in how these funds are going to be distributed, none.

I want to make note, these massive changes did not go through Congress.

I appreciate the comments you made a little while ago about lowering--what did you say, eliminating barriers to access for assistance.

It helps no one when communities must spend significant resources to figure out how to fill out FEMA paperwork and navigate the process.

They certainly should not find it this difficult to build-in mitigation--a priority we all support.

Are those people going to get a disproportionate amount of assistance from FEMA to help to make these communities safer?

What is happening under Risk Rating 2.0 is you are charging people for 'increased risk' that FEMA has identified that these people had nothing to do with.

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 4\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 30 seconds remaining.

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Oregon has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

This is obviously a fitting tribute, but we ran out of time. A lot of people wanted to say something about Don, and I apologize that we ran out of time. Madam Speaker, I close by thanking the chairman of both the committee and the…

I think it is important that we look at data when we look at issues like this.

Thank you, Chair Larsen and Ranking Member Graves, and thank you to today's witnesses.

For the sake of the planet and future generations, it is critical that the Government continue to prioritize these technologies.