Donald Payne: “This mission is too critical to be without a coordinated and consistent Federal framework.”

We must do better.

Damage from the 2017 natural disasters broke records and made last year the costliest year for disaster-related damage in American history.

I rise in adamant opposition to this resolution and to the travesty of justice we are witnessing here today

It is clear to me that something in our National preparedness doctrine has failed.