"I invited Save the Children to testify today because too often the special needs of children are overlooked in disaster planning activities."
"I would first like to thank Chairman Donovan for holding today's hearing."
"Funding for these important grant programs has been delayed repeatedly in past years because we have not adhered to a regular budget and appropriations schedule."
"We need to plan for the communities we live in, not what fits our plan."
"I have no doubt that FEMA is in capable hands with the interim administrator, but I am concerned that the Trump administration has issued Executive Orders that affect the agency's activities before pe..."
"Thank you Mr. Donovan, for cosponsoring the PREPARE Act with Mr. Payne last Congress."
"I look forward to working with the Chairman to take the feedback we receive at today's hearing as well as the follow-up hearing later this month and use it to help FEMA better serve its State and loca..."
"Thank you Congressman Payne, you have been a stalwart champion raising attention to these needs."
"We should never make our community fit our plans. Our plans should be inclusive, not exclusive to the citizens who we serve."
"You know, there has been a lot of discussion today in reference to the Muslim ban on these seven countries that, you know, the--my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are citing incidents now of..."
"It is not a Muslim ban."