Bob Menendez

That is what my bipartisan HELPER Act is, and we look forward to working with the Committee on that.

I will be reintroducing my bipartisan NFIP Re Act, and I appreciate the Chairman is going to be having a hearing on flood insurance, which is critically important.

I am sure I speak for all of us when I say how relieved I was to hear about the successful evacuation of our officials from Sudan.

I again just want to express my appreciation for you holding this hearing today.

When you say supply chain and making sure you go through all the levels of the supply chain to make sure all the different component pieces are secure-by-design, secure-by-default.

That is why I introduced a discussion draft for today's hearing, Mr. Chairman that would modernize FHA's ability to finance multifamily housing construction around the country.

We cannot and must not abandon the Sudanese people nor will insecurity deter us from our work in other parts of the continent and other places in the world.

FEMA has long struggled to keep premiums affordable, but it appears that the NFIP's new rating methodology, called Risk Rating 2.0, has only made flood insurance more out of reach for working and middle-class families.

I am sure I speak for all of us when I say how relieved I was to hear about the successful evacuation of our officials from Sudan.

Russia's war in Ukraine is driving up food, fertilizer, and energy costs all over the globe.

The threat of state-sponsored death squads, criminal gangs, and sexual violence is driving millions and millions of people to flee their homes.

That's a challenging thing.

I will be reintroducing my bipartisan NFIP Re Act, and I appreciate the Chairman is going to be having a hearing on flood insurance, which is critically important.

It is a simple, commonsense proposal that would update FHA's lending ability to accurately reflect the increase in construction costs over the past 20 years.

That is what my bipartisan HELPER Act is, and we look forward to working with the Committee on that.

Climate change is fueling record floods around the world from Pakistan to Nigeria and extreme droughts in Brazil and Central Asia.

The word 'easy' does not appear in the National Cybersecurity Strategy.

It means that they do not have the infrastructure they need to prevent or mitigate the effects of flooding, and then when flooding occurs, often the resources are diverted to other communities.

Forty-eight million people in West Africa are experiencing food insecurity.

The threat of state-sponsored death squads, criminal gangs, and sexual violence is driving millions and millions of people to flee their homes.

It means that they do not have the infrastructure they need to prevent or mitigate the effects of flooding, and then when flooding occurs, often the resources are diverted to other communities.

Forty-eight million people in West Africa are experiencing food insecurity.

That is why I introduced a discussion draft for today's hearing, Mr. Chairman that would modernize FHA's ability to finance multifamily housing construction around the country.

We cannot and must not abandon the Sudanese people nor will insecurity deter us from our work in other parts of the continent and other places in the world.

Russia's war in Ukraine is driving up food, fertilizer, and energy costs all over the globe.