Deborah Koff Ross

Since 2000, there have been three serious negotiations that culminated in offers to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In each case, a proposal on all the core issues was made to Palestinian leaders, and the answer was either no or…

And that is providing Florida and American homeowners more affordable consumer options in the flood insurance marketplace.

allowing more consumer choice in the government-dominated flood insurance market creates competition and results in better policies and pricing that will benefit homeowners.

the implementation of the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, or BW-12, has proven to be problematic.

And, unfortunately, now you have only one valuation of risk that is being done, and that is by NFIP.

Representative Murphy and I introduced legislation that redefines private flood insurance to remove Federal restrictions and requirements on coverage.

there are studies that have been done that for every one dollar of prevention in the mitigation, you save $3 or $4 from relief after the post-event relief.

if we are going to transition to a private market, is there sufficient capacity in the capital markets to do this?

I agree with Mr. Brown's assessment--that there must be a safety net in there that allows for the consumer to go back if it doesn't work out in the private market.

I just don't want us to have the luck of the Chicago Cubs when it comes to having our role at the international table.

I laud you for what you are doing. And I think the best impact we can have is at the State level to make sure that our constituencies understand the significance that when those rates go up--not because of an insurance commissioner, but…

I think the lack of transparency there as to what designates a SIFI for the insurance companies is obviously an obstacle.

I think that is important. And I think that is what I am getting at is that we have to be together, we have to deal from a position of strength here.

I doubt any of my colleagues, including myself, campaigned on Basel III or Solvency II or IAIS.

ISIL is a threat to America and the free world. We must dismantle and destroy this terrorist organization before more American lives are put at risk.

I thank Chairman McKeon for his leadership on this amendment. Mr. Speaker, prior to September 11, 2001, terrorist groups had a much different strategy. They remained virtually invisible, and their strategies were unpredictable. Today, the…

I thank the chairman. Mr. Speaker, while this amendment does not represent my ideal military strategy against ISIL, I believe that Congress is fulfilling its constitutional duty today, and I stand in support of its efforts.

I stand with the people, and I stand for FSOC doing its job because if it doesn't, real people will be hurt.

Yes, sir. We actually, administratively, we have that capacity currently within the National Park Service to, under the Superintendent's authority to waive the liability requirement.

Even the rules that have yet to be promulgated create an even greater uncertainty in the environment.

I want to make sure that we are adequately representing this industry, this insurance industry, especially with regard to international capital standards.

It has led to abbreviated retirements and return to the workforce.

I think you would agree that the fewer systemically important financial institutions that we have, the better off we are.

Have you talked to the President about further reforms?

I think we should allow for some opportunity for self-correction.