David Price: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I commend you for holding this hearing on this very important topic.”

The transportation side of the budget, also looks good.

First of all, the case you make for the authorization--the permanent authorization or CDBG-DR, we do need that.

I think this is an indispensable national priority that I think we just got a serious lesson how important these investments are.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has a 9.5 percent increase, much needed.