Roger Wicker

This does not make FEMA do it. It gives FEMA the ability to engage whomever they choose to do it.

Well, NOAA and a lot of the things that are out there, this information is available.

We are not asking the Federal Government to come up with a new regime of data collection, are we, in your proposal?

It may very well be that the Flood Insurance Program and the taxpayers have paid more than their fair share.

My proposal, which we are calling the COASTAL Act, would not add wind to the Flood Control Program.

Without appropriate reform, modernization, and an extended reauthorization, our Nation and the American taxpayers face serious consequences.

A long-term reauthorization with targeted reforms is necessary for coastal communities to prosper.

Another program lapse is entirely avoidable, and we should not allow that to happen.

We should transfer risk from the Program to the private sector to the maximum extent possible.

The COASTAL Act is by no means a silver bullet for all the problems associated with flood insurance and NFIP.

The COASTAL Act is a commonsense approach to addressing these problems.

I have recently introduced the Consumer Option for an Alternative System to Allocate Losses Act, the COASTAL Act.

I would also notice that the States of Montana and South Dakota have sent a great deal of water down our way this year, which we are experiencing right now.

Richard understands the importance of working together at the municipal level with TVA.

TVA is important to all of us because it is the Nation's largest public utility, but it is especially important to Mississippi.

TVA is very important to the economy, not just the power generating part of it, but the job creating part.

How important is cargo preference to sustaining an adequate sealift capability?

How does U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) engage the private sector to support the lift mission?

We are looking at very serious budget constraints.

I think that it captured Services, COCOMs, all the agencies, and made sure that we had all the parts to the puzzle and everybody had a voice.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for holding this important hearing today.

Not effective, suitable and not survivable in combat

Concerns have been expressed in some quarters about the combat survivability of the LCS.

Secretary Stackley, the Navy has announced some changes or potential changes to the composition of LCS mission modules.

For example, Navy frigates, such as the USS Elrod, USS Klakring, USS Taylor, and USS Nicholas have had shipyard maintenance periods extended because of work that was not done correctly the first time and poor Navy oversight.