"So, therefore, there are some programs which you seem to allude to that are Government investments that have a tremendous payoff."
"On behalf of the people of New Jersey, I thank everyone for their leadership and for your recognition that much urgent work had to be done."
"So help us understand this. Does that even in any way seem rational to you to let the phasing in happen without even understanding and having the study completed?"
"So we are rushing forward with this, not knowing the impact it is going to have, not knowing if we have even struck the right balance. That to me just seems a million percent wrong and damaging."
"before you allow the phasing in of these incredibly high insurance rates, that we would know sort of what we are going to do to that region"
"I think the Obama Administration has many stars, and frankly none of them shine brighter than you do."
"if we do not address affordability, our risk is we are not going to be able to move this program to a sound basis."
"the thing that has chilled my understanding of what is going to happen to my region when the flood insurance rates go so up, it is going to devastate, completely devastate areas of New Jersey"
"I look forward to meeting with you and bringing to you a lot of the individual concerns."
"It sounds like you are saying that the advisable thing to do would be to do it right, to actually understand--to do the study, allocate whatever resources are necessary so we understand and we do not ..."
"I have a lot of affection for you even though we have only been colleagues for 6 days."